{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/21",
  "legislation_title": "Childcare Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-act-2006",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Meaning of “young child”",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part and Part 3, a child is a “young child” during the period—\n(a) beginning with his birth, and\n(b) ending immediately before the 1st September next following the date on which he attains the age of five.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 20.12.2006 by S.I. 2006/3360, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:29.405916+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."
}