The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made: 24th February 2017

Laid before Parliament: 3rd March 2017

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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Citation and commencement

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Amendment to the Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) Regulations 2007

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• (1) The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) Regulations 2007[^f00002] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “childminder agency” insert the following—

• “the extended entitlement” means early years provision which is provided free of charge pursuant to a duty imposed on an English local authority under section 2 of the Childcare Act 2016 (duties in connection with Secretary of State’s duty to secure 30 hours free childcare for working parents)[^f00003];

• (3) In regulation 1(2), for the definition of “free early years provision” substitute the following—

• “free early years provision” means early years provision which is provided free of charge pursuant to a duty imposed on an English local authority— by section 7 of the 2006 Act (duty to secure prescribed early years provision free of charge); and under section 2 of the Childcare Act 2016 (duties in connection with Secretary of State’s duty to secure 30 hours free childcare for working parents);

• (4) After regulation 2 (prescribed descriptions of information about childcare), insert the following—

(2A) Duty to publish information (1) An English local authority must publish the descriptions of information prescribed under regulation 2 three times a year on 1 January, 1 April and 1 September. (2) An English local authority must— (a) publish the prescribed descriptions of information by placing them on its website; and (b) publish its arrangements for enabling— (i) people without access to the internet; and (ii) different groups who face difficulties in accessing the internet, including people with a disability, to obtain a copy of the information. (3) In this regulation, “disability” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010[^f00004].

• (5) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, after sub-paragraph (o), insert—

(p) during the period 1st April 2017 to 31st August 2017, whether the registered person intends to provide the extended entitlement.

• (6) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, after sub-paragraph (g), insert—

(h) during the period 1st April 2017 to 31st August 2017, whether the person providing the childcare intends to provide the extended entitlement.

Signed

Caroline Dinenage — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Education — 24th February 2017

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c.21. Sections 12(6A) and (6B) were inserted by section 5 of the Childcare Act 2016 (c.5). See section 106 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2007/3490, amended by S.I. 2014/1921, 2015/1562.

[^f00003]: 2016 c.5.

[^f00004]: 2010 c.15.

Editorial notes