2007 No. 1769
children and young persons, england

The Day Care and Child Minding (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 79E(2)(c) and 104(4) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to, the Children Act 19891:

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Day Care and Child Minding (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 3rd September 2007.

(2)

These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

(3)

In these Regulations “the 2005 Regulations” means the Day Care and Child Minding (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 20052.

Amendment of the 2005 Regulations2.

(1)

The 2005 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (applications for registration)—

(a)

for “£18”, in each place where it appears, substitute “£20”;

(b)

for “£150” substitute “£155”.

(3)

In regulation 4 (periodic fees)—

(a)

for “£14”, in each place where it appears, substitute “£15”;

(b)

for “£120” substitute “£125”.

Beverley Hughes
Minister of State
Department for Education and Skills
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Day Care and Child Minding (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2301). The Regulations increase the fee for an application for registration under Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (c.41) as a day care provider from £150 to £155 where the provider provides day care for a continuous period of at least 4 hours in a day and from £18 to £20 where the provider provides less than 4 hours of such care in a day. The fee for an application for registration as a child minder is increased from £18 to £20. The annual fee payable by registered day care providers is increased from £120 to £125 (where at least 4 hours care a day is provided) and from £14 to £15 where less than 4 hours care is provided. The annual fee payable by registered child minders is increased from £14 to £15.