The Childcare (Early Years and General Childcare Registers) (Common Provisions) Regulations 2008

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This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;

[F1“additional premises application” means an application by the registered person to the relevant person for approval of the suitability of additional premises—

(a)

under regulation 8A of the Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012;

(b)

under paragraph 13ZA of Schedule 3 to the Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations 2008; or

(c)

under paragraph 14A of Schedule 6 to the Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations 2008;]

[F1“additional premises” means premises which the relevant person has not already approved as suitable for the provision of childcare by the registered person;]

[F1“approved premises” means premises that have been approved by the relevant person as suitable for the provision of childcare by the registered person at the time of registration or following an additional premises application;]

“registered person” means a person who is registered under Chapter 2 (regulation of early years provision), Chapter 3 (regulation of later years provision for children under 8) or Chapter 4 (voluntary registration) of the Act.

[F2“relevant person” means the Chief Inspector or, if the registered person is registered with a childminder agency, the childminder agency.]

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