Children and Families Act 2014

7 (1) Section 36 (applications for registration: other early years providers) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) A person who proposes to provide on any premises early years provision in respect of which the person is required by section 34(1A) to be registered may make an application—

(a) to the Chief Inspector for registration as an early years provider in respect of the premises, or

(b) to an early years childminder agency for registration with that agency as an early years provider in respect of the premises.”

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) after “subsection (1)” insert “ or (1A) ”,

(b) in paragraph (b) after “Chief Inspector” insert “ or (as the case may be) the early years childminder agency ”, and

(c) in paragraph (c) at the beginning insert “ if it is an application to the Chief Inspector, ”.

(4) In subsections (3) and (4), after “subsection (1)” insert “ or (1A)(a) ”.

(5) After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) An early years childminder agency may grant an application under subsection (1A)(b) only if—

(a) the applicant is not disqualified from registration by regulations under section 75,

(b) it appears to the agency that the prescribed requirements for registration are satisfied and are likely to continue to be satisfied, and

(c) it appears to the agency that any other reasonable requirements it has imposed are satisfied and are likely to continue to be satisfied.”

(6) In subsection (5), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) prohibiting the applicant from being registered in the early years register as an early years provider other than a childminder if the applicant is registered with a childminder agency;

(ab) prohibiting the applicant from being registered with an early years childminder agency as an early years provider other than a childminder if the applicant is registered—

(i) with another childminder agency;

(ii) in the early years register or the general childcare register;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/889, art. 3(m)