The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2012

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st September 2013.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;

“eligible child” means a young child who is—

(a)

looked after by a local authority under section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989(1); or

(b)

within section 512ZB(4) of the Education Act 1996(2).

(1)

1989 c. 41. Section 22(1) was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), by section 2(2) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35) and by section 116(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38).

(2)

1996 c. 56. This section was substituted, together with sections 512 and 512ZA, for section 512 as originally enacted by section 201(1) of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) and amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) and by section 26 of the Child Poverty Act 2010 (c. 9).