The Childcare and Inspection of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees) (Amendments) Regulations 2023

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of errors in S.I. 2014/2147 and S.I. 2022/1134 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 276

Children And Young Persons, England

Childcare, England

The Childcare and Inspection of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees) (Amendments) Regulations 2023

Made

7th March 2023

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2023

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2).

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87D(2) and 104(4)(a) of the Children Act 1989(1), sections 12(2), 15(3), 16(3), 31(7) and 118(5) and (6) of the Care Standards Act 2000(2), sections 155(1) and (2) and 181(2)(a) and (b) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006(3), sections 7, 7A, 9A, 89(1) and 104(2) of the Childcare Act 2006(4) and sections 1(2)(d), (3) and (4)(a), (b) and (c) and 2(1), 2(2)(a) and (c) of the Childcare Act 2016(5).

(1)

1989 c. 41. Section 87D was inserted by section 108 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14). See section 87(10) for the definition of “appropriate authority” and section 87(11) and (12) for the definition of “relevant person”.

(2)

2000 c. 14. Section 12(2) was amended by section 105(1) and (3) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”) and by paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) (“the 2008 Act”). Section 15(3) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 14(b) of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Section 16(3) was substituted by section 105(6) of the 2003 Act and amended by paragraphs 1 and 15 of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Section 31(7) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 27 of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Sections 12(2), 15(3), 16(3) and 31(7) were applied to a person who carries on or manages a holiday scheme for disabled children by regulation 2(1), 2(b), (d), (e) and (j) of S.I. 2013/253, with the modifications specified in paragraphs 2 and 6 of the Schedule to those Regulations. See section 121 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(3)

2006 c. 40. See sections 147(3) and 155(12) for the definition of “relevant function” in relation to a local authority. Section 181(2) was amended by section 23(3)(b) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm.2).

(4)

2006 c. 21. Section 7 was substituted by section 1(2) of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21). Sections 7A and 9A were inserted by section 87(2) and (3) respectively of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6) (“the 2014 Act”). Section 89(1) was amended by paragraph 58 of Schedule 4 to the 2014 Act. See section 106 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(5)

2016 c. 5.