Requirement on local authority when discharging its duty under section 7 to secure early years provision free of charge5
1
An English local authority must discharge its duty to a young child under section 7 of the 2006 Act by making arrangements which secure that an early years provider chosen by a parent of the child provides the early years provision to which the child is entitled in cases where—
a
the early years provider is willing to provide it, and
b
the early years provider is also willing to accept—
i
any terms as to the payments which would be made to him or her in respect of the provision, and
ii
any requirements which would be imposed in respect of it.
2
The requirement in regulation 5(1) applies subject to regulation 6.