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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006-commencement-no-5-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2261",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006-commencement-no-5-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions of the 2006 Act coming into force on 1st September 2008",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 1st September 2008—\nsection 7 (duty to secure prescribed early years provision free of charge), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 32 (maintenance of the two childcare registers), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 33 (requirement to register: early years childminders), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 34 (requirement to register: other early years providers), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 35 (applications for registration: early years childminders), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 36 (applications for registration: other early years providers), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 37 (entry on the register and certificates), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 38 (conditions on registration),\nsection 40 (duty to implement Early Years Foundation Stage),\nsection 47 (independent schools),\nsection 49 (inspections), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 50 (report of inspections), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 52 (requirement to register: later years childminders for children under eight), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 53 (requirement to register: other later years providers for children under eight), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 54 (applications for registration: later years childminders), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 55 (applications for registration: other later years providers), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 56 (entry on the register and certificates), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 57 (special procedure for registered early years providers),\nsection 58 (conditions on registration),\nsection 59 (regulations governing activities), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 60 (inspections), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 61 (report of inspections), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 62(1)(b) (applications for registration on the general register: childminders), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 63(1)(b) (applications for registration on the general register: other childcare providers), in so far as it is not already in force\nsection 65 (special procedure for persons already registered),\nsection 76 (consequences of disqualification),\nsection 92 (combined certificates of registration), in so far as it is not already in force,\nsection 95 (certain institutions not to be regarded as schools),\nparagraphs 1, 2(2) and (4), and 3 to 16 of Schedule 1 (and section 48 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs),\nparagraphs 5 to 17, 18(1) to (4), (5)(a), (6) and (7), 25, 26, 29(b) and (c), 30, 33, 35, 36, 41 and 44 of Schedule 2 (and section 103(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs),\nin relation to England, paragraphs 18(5)(b) and (c), 20 to 24, 27 and 34 of Schedule 2 (and section 103(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs),\nParts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 (and section 103(2) in so far as it relates to those Parts), to the extent that those Parts have not yet been brought into force in relation to England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 50(4) of the 2006 Act was repealed by paragraph 111 of Schedule 14 and by Part 5 of Schedule 18 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 61(4) of the 2006 Act was repealed by paragraph 112 of Schedule 14 and by Part 5 of Schedule 18 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2261/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:25:19.667893+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."
}