Amendment of the principal Regulations
2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1(3) (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “the Act” the following definition is inserted—
““child minder” has the meaning given by section 71 of the Children Act 1989(1);”;
(b)after the definition of “relevant registration authority” the following definition is inserted—
““relevant child minder” means a child minder who—
(a)holds a certificate of registration from a local authority under paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Children Act 1989, and
(b)looks after six children or fewer, excluding any child for whom the child minder has parental responsibility within the meaning of the Children Act 1989, any child looked after by the child minder in whom parental rights and duties relating to the child are vested and any child of whom the child minder is the foster parent;”
(3) In regulation 3(4)(b) (exceptions) for the words “on the premises.” there are substituted the words
“on the premises, or
(iii)the sale of food ancillary to his acting as a relevant child minder.”.
(4) In regulation 7 (supply of information and alterations to register), after paragraph (4) the following paragraph is added—
“(5) The relevant registration authority shall make under this paragraph (and not under paragraph (3)(b)) such alterations to the register and to the supplementary record, including the removal of particulars relating to premises to which regulation 3(4)(b)(iii) applies, as are necessary to take account of the coming into force of the Food Premises (Registration) Amendment Regulations 1993”.