The Childcare (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made: 4th July 2011

Laid before Parliament: 8th July 2011

Coming into force: 1st September 2011

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(1) and 104(2) of the Childcare Act 2006[^f00001]:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Childcare (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st September 2011.

Amendment to the Childcare (Fees) Regulations 2008

2

• (1) The Childcare (Fees) Regulations 2008[^f00002] are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) In regulation 10(7), for “2011” substitute “2012”.

Signed

Sarah Teather — Minister of State — Department for Education — 4th July 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Regulation 2 amends regulation 10(7) of the Childcare (Fees) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1804) (“the 2008 Regulations”) to extend to 31st August 2012 the transitional provision for those childcare providers (other than childminders) who were automatically transferred on 1st September 2008 from the childcare register under Part 10A of the Children Act 1989[^f00003] to the early years register under the Childcare Act 2006. The transitional provision means that for such providers the fee applicable to early years provision that is provided for more than 3 hours per day but less than 4 hours per day will continue to be £50 (rather than £220 as would otherwise be the case under regulation 10(3) of the 2008 Regulations).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The impact on the public sector is minimal.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 21. For the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 106.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2008/1804, amended by S.I. 2009/1507 and S.I. 2010/307.

[^f00003]: 1989 c. 41; Part 10A was inserted by section 79(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14).