{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-early-years-register-regulations-2008/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-early-years-register-regulations-2008/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/974",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare (Early Years Register) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-early-years-register-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;\n“appropriate first aid qualification” means a qualification in first aid appropriate for the treatment of children for whom early years provision is provided;\n“enhanced criminal record certificate” means an enhanced criminal record certificate issued under section 113B of the Police Act 1997;\n“the EYFS learning and development requirements” means the requirements specified under section 39(1)(a) of the Act;\n“the EYFS welfare requirements” means the requirements specified under section 39(1)(b) of the Act;\n“relevant premises” means, in relation to early years provision by a person, the premises or part of the premises on which that early years provision is provided or will be provided.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c.50. Section 113B was inserted by section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), and was amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 9 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c.47), paragraph 149 of Schedule 16 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c.52) and sections 79(1) and 80 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/361",
      "affecting_title": "The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/912",
      "affecting_title": "The Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/796",
      "affecting_title": "The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/796",
      "affecting_title": "The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/912",
      "affecting_title": "The Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/974/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:33.321627+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."
}