Part 9Childcare and nursery education

Childcare

150 Early years development and childcare partnerships and plans

(1)

In section 119(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (functions of early years development partnerships), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(ab)

in reviewing the sufficiency of childcare provision for the authority’s area for the purposes of section 118A, and”.

F1(2)

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F1(3)

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F1(4)

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(5)

Early years development partnerships are renamed “early years development and childcare partnerships” F2...; accordingly in Part 5 of that Act after “early years development” (in each place it occurs) there is inserted “ and childcare ”.