The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Childcare (Early Years Register) Regulations 2008

4.—(1) The Childcare (Early Years Register) Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 4 (information to accompany application for registration), insert—

“Review

5.   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.”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (applications for registration: early years childminders)—

(a) in paragraph 10(1), for “Every” substitute “If the relevant premises are domestic premises, every”;

(b) after paragraph 11 insert—

“Requirements relating to non-domestic premises

11A.   If any of the early years childminding is to be provided on non-domestic premises, the relevant person has approved the suitability of each of the non-domestic premises before the early years childminding is provided there.”;

(c) in paragraph 19(1), for “The” at the beginning substitute “If the relevant premises are domestic premises, the”;

(d) in paragraph 20, for “The” at the beginning substitute “If the relevant premises are domestic premises, the”; and

(e) after paragraph 22, insert—

“Information about non-domestic premises

23.   If any of the early years childminding is to be provided on non-domestic premises, a description of each of the non-domestic premises, including a description of why each of the non-domestic premises is considered to be suitable for the early years childminding.”.

(4) In Schedule 2 (applications for registration: other early years providers)—

(a) in paragraph 8(b), omit “on domestic premises”;

(b) in paragraph 14—

(i) in the heading, omit “on domestic premises”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) This paragraph applies in the case of early years provision which is not early years childminding by virtue of section 96(5) of the Act.”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(7) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (6) do not apply in relation to non-domestic premises.”;

(c) after paragraph 14 insert—

“Requirements relating to premises

14A.   The relevant person has approved the suitability of each of the relevant premises before the early years provision is provided there.”;

(d) in paragraph 24—

(i) in the heading, omit “on domestic premises”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) This paragraph applies in the case of early years provision which is not early years childminding by virtue of section 96(5) of the Act.”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) Sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) do not apply in relation to non-domestic premises.”; and

(e) after paragraph 25, insert—

“Information about premises

26.   A description of each of the relevant premises, including a description of why each of the relevant premises is considered to be suitable for the early years provision.”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/974, amended by S.I. 2014/912; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant. See section 32(2) of the Act for the meaning of “the early years register”. See sections 96 and 98 of the Act for the meaning of “early years provision”, “early years provider” and “early years childminding”. See section 98 of the Act for the meaning of “domestic premises” and “premises”.