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The Childcare Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2017-07-19
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 19th July 2017

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(2) of the Childcare Act 2016[^f00001], makes the following Regulations.

Citation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Childcare Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017.

Provisions coming into force on 1st September 2017

2

Subsections (1) and (6) of section 1 of the Childcare Act 2016 (duty to secure 30 hours free childcare available for working parents) come into force on 1st September 2017.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Education

Robert Goodwill — Minister of State — Department for Education — 19th July 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations are made under the Childcare Act 2016 (c.5) (“The Act”). These Regulations bring into force, on 1st September 2017, those provisions of the Act which are not already in force. The provisions are sub-sections (1) and (6) of section 1 of the Act which relate to the Secretary of State’s duty to secure 30 hours of free childcare for working parents.

Certain provisions came into force on the passing of the Act (see section 7(1)) and all remaining provisions (other than those commenced by these Regulations) came into force on 3rd November 2016 pursuant to the Childcare Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1055).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 c.5

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