The Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;

“the Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills(1);

“funded early years provision” means early years provision which is available free of charge in pursuance of the duty imposed by section 7 of the Act (duty to secure prescribed early years provision free of charge)(2);

“local authority” has the same meaning as “English local authority” in section 106 of the Act;

“special educational needs” has the same meaning as in section 312 of the Education Act 1996(3).

(1)

The office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills is established by section 113 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40).

(2)

Section 7 of the Childcare Act 2006 (“the Act”) requires an English local authority to secure that early years provision of a prescribed description is available free of charge for prescribed periods, for children of a prescribed age.

(3)

1996 c.56. Section 312 of the Education Act 1996 was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44); by paragraph 71 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31); by paragraph 56 of Schedule 9 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) and by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006.