{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006-childcare-assessments-regulations-2007/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006-childcare-assessments-regulations-2007/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare Act 2006 (Childcare Assessments) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006-childcare-assessments-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Preparation of a childcare assessment",
  "text": "(1) A childcare assessment must be prepared according to the criteria specified in paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) The criteria are, in relation to each authority sub-area—\n(a) the number of free nursery provision places required by parents;\n(b) the number of free nursery provision places provided.\n(3) The criteria are, in relation to each authority sub-area, each age range of children and each type of childcare—\n(a) the number of places required by parents;\n(b) the number of places provided;\n(c) the number of places required by parents in respect of which the child care element of working tax credit is payable;\n(d) the number of places provided in respect of which the child care element of working tax credit is payable;\n(e) the times of day at which childcare is required by parents;\n(f) the times of day at which childcare is provided;\n(g) the range of session lengths provided;\n(h) the requirements for specialist care for children with special educational needs and disabled children;\n(i) the number of places provided by reference to type of special educational need or need for specialist care (in the case of disabled children);\n(j) the number of places provided but not being used; and\n(k) the range of charges payable in respect of childcare and parents’ ability to pay the charges.\n(4) The authority must make available for comment a draft childcare assessment.\n(5) In this regulation a “sub-area” of an authority is—\n(a) an electoral division or ward of the authority, or\n(b) such other appropriate geographical division into which the authority have notionally divided their area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/463/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:04:38.630486+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}