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44.—(1) An English local authority must secure that childcare is made available free of charge for every child in its area who is a qualifying child of working parents.
(2) The childcare must be—
(a)provided by a childcare provider, and
(b)made available for 570 hours during no fewer than 38 weeks in each year.
[F1(3) In determining, for the purposes of paragraph (1), the amount of childcare that is available to a child, account is to be taken of any childcare available under the duty imposed by section 7(1) of the Childcare Act 2006 (duty of English local authorities to secure early years provision free of charge in accordance with regulations)—
(a)during the period beginning with 1st April 2024 and ending with 31st August 2025, in respect of a young child who meets the condition in regulation 3(2), but who does not also meet the condition in regulation 3(3), of the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2014 (prescribed description of a young child), and
(b)from 1st September 2025, in respect of a young child who meets the condition in regulation 3(2) or (3) of the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2014.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 44(3) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1330), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(b)
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I1Reg. 44 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1(b)
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