Regulation 4 Action Plan

(1)

Each assessment prepared by the local authority must include an action plan.

(2)

Where an assessment identifies—

(a)

an insufficiency in childcare provision for children in the local authority area, the action plan must set out what steps need to be taken to improve the opportunities for children to access childcare provision within that local authority area, or

(b)

that opportunities for children to access childcare in the local authority area are sufficient, the action plan must set out what steps need to be taken to maintain opportunities for children to access childcare within that local authority area.

F1(3)

An action plan must—

(a)

prioritise the steps to be taken, and

(b)

set out the time period within which the local authority will complete the steps.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 4(3) inserted (11.3.2026) by The Childcare Act 2006 (Local Authority Assessment) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/36), regs. 1(2), 2(4)