The Childcare (Early Years and General Childcare Registers) (Common Provisions) Regulations 2008

PART 1 E+W General

Citation and commencement E+W

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Childcare (Early Years and General Childcare Registers) (Common Provisions) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st September 2008.

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;

[F1 “additional premises application” means an application by the registered person to the relevant person for approval of the suitability of additional premises—

(a)

under regulation 8A of the Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012;

(b)

under paragraph 13ZA of Schedule 3 to the Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations 2008; or

(c)

under paragraph 14A of Schedule 6 to the Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations 2008;]

[F1 “additional premises” means premises which the relevant person has not already approved as suitable for the provision of childcare by the registered person;]

[F1 “approved premises” means premises that have been approved by the relevant person as suitable for the provision of childcare by the registered person at the time of registration or following an additional premises application;]

“registered person” means a person who is registered under Chapter 2 (regulation of early years provision), Chapter 3 (regulation of later years provision for children under 8) or Chapter 4 (voluntary registration) of the Act.

[F2 “relevant person” means the Chief Inspector or, if the registered person is registered with a childminder agency, the childminder agency.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.1.2016) by The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1562), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.1.2016) by The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1562), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(b)

Prescribed day for the purposes of the definition of “later years provision” E+W

3.  The day prescribed for the purposes of section 96(6)(b) of the Act is the day on which the child attains the age of 18.

[F3 Review E+W

3A.   By 31st December 2020, and subsequently at intervals not exceeding 5 years from that date, the Secretary of State must, in accordance with section 30 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015—

(a) carry out a review of the amendments made by the Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 to these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 3A inserted (1.1.2016) by The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1562), regs. 1(1), 6(3)