SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Child Minding and Day Care for Young Children

Exemption of certain schools

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1

Section 71 does not apply in relation to any child looked after in any—

a

school maintained or assisted by a local education authority;

b

school under the management of an education authority;

c

school in respect of which payments are made by the Secretary of State under section 100 of the M1Education Act 1944;

d

independent school;

e

grant-aided school;

f

grant maintained school;

g

self-governing school;

h

play centre maintained or assisted by a local education authority under section 53 of the Act of 1944, or by an education authority under section 6 of the M2Education (Scotland) Act 1980.

2

The exemption provided by sub-paragraph (1) only applies where the child concerned is being looked after in accordance with provision for day care made by—

a

the person carrying on the establishment in question as part of the establishment’s activities; or

b

a person employed to work at that establishment and authorised to make that provision as part of the establishment’s activities.

3

In sub-paragraph (1)—

  • “assisted” and “maintained” have the same meanings as in the Education Act 1944;

  • “grant maintained” has the same meaning as in section 52(3) of the M3Education Reform Act 1988; and “grant-aided school”, “self-governing school” and (in relation to Scotland) “independent school” have the same meaning as in the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.