6.—(1) In the case of early years provision other than provision by an early years childminder registered with an early years childminder agency, the requirement in regulation 5(1) applies only if the early years provision is provision by an early years provider other than the governing body of a maintained school, and—
(a)where the early years provision is for a child who meets the condition in regulation 3(2), the overall effectiveness of the provision was awarded a grade of “good,” or better, in the most recent early years provision inspection report published in respect of the provision;
(b)where the early years provision is for a child who meets the condition in regulation 3(3), the overall effectiveness of the provision was awarded a grade of “satisfactory”, or “requires improvement”, or better, in the most recent early years provision inspection report published in respect of the provision; or
(c)an early years provision inspection report has not yet been published in respect of the provision.
(2) In the case of early years provision by an early years childminder registered with an early years childminder agency, the requirement in regulation 5(1) applies only if—
(a)where the early years provision is for a child who meets the condition in regulation 3(2), the childminder is registered with an agency which was awarded a grade of “good”, or better, in the most recent early years childminder agency inspection report published in respect of the agency;
(b)where the early years provision is for a child who meets the condition in regulation 3(3), the childminder is registered with an agency which was awarded a grade of “requires improvement”, or better, in the most recent early years childminder agency inspection report published in respect of the agency; or
(c)an early years childminder agency inspection report has not yet been published in respect of the agency.
(3) The requirement in regulation 5(1) does not apply where—
(a)the local authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the person with whom the arrangements are intended to be made is not able to satisfy a requirement imposed in respect of the early years provision; or
(b)in the case of early years provision by an early years childminder registered with an early years childminder agency, the early years childminder agency has notified the local authority that, in the reasonable opinion of the agency, the provision by the early years childminder registered with the agency is not of satisfactory quality.