Paragraph 32 Inspections by authorised persons during the fourth transitional period

The requirement on the Chief Inspector under section 79Q(2) or (3) to secure that any child minding, or, as the case may be, day care is inspected by a registered inspector at prescribed intervals shall be treated as met in any case if he secures that the child minding or day care is inspected by an authorised person.

Subsections (4), (6) and (7) of section 79Q and section 79R shall have effect in relation to an inspection by an authorised person as if it were an inspection by a registered inspector under section 79Q.