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(1)The Chief Inspector may at any time require any registered person to provide him with any information connected with the person’s activities as a child minder, or [F2provider] of day care, which the Chief Inspector considers it necessary to have for the purposes of his functions under this Part.
(2)The Chief Inspector shall [F3at prescribed intervals inspect, F4. . . , any child minding provided in England by a registered person].
(3)The Chief Inspector shall [F5at prescribed intervals inspect, F6. . . , any day care provided by a registered person on any premises in England].
(4)F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)In prescribing the intervals mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) the Secretary of State may make provision as to the period within which the first inspection of child minding or day care provided by any person or at any premises is to take place.
[F8(5A)Regulations may make provision requiring a registered person, except in prescribed cases, to notify prescribed persons of the fact that any child minding or day care provided by the registered person is to be inspected under this section.]
[F9(6)When conducting an inspection under this section the Chief Inspector shall report in writing on—
(a)the quality and standards of the child minding or day care provided,
(b)how far the child minding or day care meets the needs of the range of children for whom it is provided,
(c)the contribution made by the child minding or day care to the well-being of the children for whom it is provided, and
(d)in the case of day care, the quality of leadership and management in connection with its provision.
(6A)In subsection (6)(c), the reference to well-being is a reference to well-being having regard to the matters mentioned in section 10(2) of the Children Act 2004.]
(7)F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 79Q inserted ((E.) 16.3.2001 and 2.7.2001 for certain purposes otherwise 2.9.2002 and (W.) 1.7.2001 for certain purposes otherwise 1.4.2002) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 79(1), 122; S.I. 2001/1210, art. 2(a)(vii)(viii) S.I. 2001/2041, art. 2(1)(a)(2) (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch.); S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2002/920, art. 3(3)(b) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 1-3)
F2Word in s. 79Q(1) substituted (3.10.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(2) (with s. 119); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 7
F3Words in s. 79Q(2) substituted (2.9.2002 (E.) and 2.1.2008 (W.)) by 2002 c. 32, ss. 152, 216, Sch. 13 para. 4(2) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4; S.I. 2007/3611, arts. 4(1), 5 (with Sch. Pt. 3 para. 1)
F4Words in s. 79Q(2) omitted (3.10.2005) by virtue of Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(3) (with s. 119) and repealed (prosp.) by that same amending Act, ss. 123, 125, Sch. 19 Pt. 1; the omission being brought into force by S.I. 2005/2034, art. 7
F5Words in s. 79Q(3) substituted (2.9.2002 (E.) and 2.1.2008 (W.)) by 2002 c. 32, ss. 152, 216, Sch. 13 para. 4(3) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4; S.I. 2007/3611, arts. 4(1), 5 (with Sch. Pt. 3 para. 1)
F6Words in s. 79Q(3) omitted (3.10.2005) by virtue of Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(4) (with s. 119) and repealed (prosp.) by that same amending Act, ss. 123, 125, Sch. 19 Pt. 1; the omission being brought into force by S.I. 2005/2034, art. 7
F7S. 79Q(4) omitted (3.10.2005) by virtue of Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(3) (with s. 119) and repealed (prosp.) by that same amending Act, ss. 123, 125, Sch. 19 Pt. 1; the omission being brought into force by S.I. 2005/2034, art. 7
F8S. 79Q(5A) inserted (1.8.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(6) (with s. 119); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 2
F9S. 79Q(6)(6A) substituted (3.10.2005) for s. 79Q(6) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(7) (with s. 119); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 7
F10S. 79Q(7) omitted (3.10.2005) by virtue of Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(8) (with s. 119) and repealed (prosp.) by that same amending Act, ss. 123, 125, Sch. 19 Pt. 1; the omission being brought into force by S.I. 2005/2034, art. 7
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