F179H Suspension of registration.E+W
(1)Regulations may provide for the registration of any person for acting as a child minder or providing day care to be suspended for a prescribed period by [F2the Assembly] in prescribed circumstances.
(2)Any regulations made under this section shall include provision conferring on the person concerned a right of appeal to the [F3First-tier] Tribunal against suspension.
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(4)A person registered under this Part for child minding by the Assembly shall not act as a child minder in Wales at a time when that registration is so suspended.
(5)A person registered under this Part for providing day care on any premises shall not provide day care on those premises at any time when that registration is so suspended.
(6)If any person contravenes subsection (3), (4) or (5) without reasonable excuse, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 79H inserted ((E.) 16.3.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 2.7.2001 and (W.) 1.7.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2002) by 2000 c. 14, s. 79(1); S.I. 2001/1210, art. 2(a)(v); S.I. 2001/2041, art. 2(1)(a) (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch); S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2002/920, art. 3(3)(b) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 1-3)
F2Words in Pt. XA substituted (1.9.2008) by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 103(1), 109, Sch. 2 para. 6; S.I. 2008/2261, art. 2 (with art. 3 Sch. 1 and art. 4 Sch. 2)
F3Words in s. 79H(2) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 6, Sch. 3 para. 75
F4S. 79H(3)-(6) inserted (1.10.2002 for E. and 19.12.2002 for W.) by 2002 c. 32, s. 152, Sch. 13 para. 2 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2002/3185, art. 4, Sch. Pt. 1
F5Words in s. 79H(3) omitted (1.9.2008) by virtue of the Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 103(1), 109, Sch. 2 para. 10 and repealed (1.9.2008 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 103(2), 109, Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/2261, art. 2 (with art. 3 Sch. 1 and art. 4 Sch. 2)