Paragraph 1 Welfare of the children being cared for

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

• Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a) words inserted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2009 reg. 3
• Sch. 3 para. 18(1)(d) words substituted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2009 reg. 4(1)
• Sch. 3 para. 18(1)(e)(ii) words substituted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2009 reg. 4(2)
• Sch. 3 para. 18(1)(f) words substituted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2009 reg. 4(3)
• Sch. 3 para. 12(g) inserted by Childcare 2026 reg. 4(6)(a)(iii)
• Sch. 3 para. 25(2)(d) word omitted by Childcare 2026 reg. 4(6)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 1A inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(2)
• Sch. 3 para. 2(2) substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(3)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 2(3) omitted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(3)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 3 words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(4)
• Sch. 3 para. 6(1) Sch. 3 para. 6 renumbered as Sch. 3 para. 6(1) by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(5)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 6(2) inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(5)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 6A inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(6)
• Sch. 3 para. 8(1)(a) word added by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(7)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 8(1)(b) substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(7)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 8(1)(c)(d) omitted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(7)(c)
• Sch. 3 para. 11 substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(8)
• Sch. 3 para. 12(b) word omitted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(9)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 12(d)-(f) inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(9)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 13 substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(10)
• Sch. 3 para. 13A inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(11)
• Sch. 3 para. 16 omitted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(12)
• Sch. 3 para. 17 words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(13)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 17 words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(13)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 18(1)(e) words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(14)
• Sch. 3 para. 24(d) words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(14)
• Sch. 3 para. 25(1) words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(14)
• Sch. 3 para. 26 words substituted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(14)
• Sch. 3 para. 28 words inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(15)
• Sch. 3 para. 29 words inserted by Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) 2014 reg. 22(16)
• Sch. 3 para. 17(1)(c) words substituted by Special Educational Needs (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) 2014 art. 28(2)
• Sch. 3 para. 9(3) inserted by Childcare 2015 reg. 5(5)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 13ZA inserted by Childcare 2015 reg. 5(5)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 28 words substituted by Childcare 2015 reg. 5(5)(c)
• Sch. 3 para. 29 words inserted by Childcare 2015 reg. 5(5)(d)
• Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a) substituted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(2)
• Sch. 3 para. 8(1) words inserted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(3)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 8(2) words inserted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(3)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 8(3) words inserted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(3)(c)
• Sch. 3 para. 10 omitted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(4)
• Sch. 3 para. 26(b) word omitted by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(5)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 26(d) and word added by Childcare (General Childcare Register) 2012 reg. 6(5)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 2(1) words inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(a)
• Sch. 3 para. 2(2) words inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(b)
• Sch. 3 para. 6A(2) words inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(c)(i)
• Sch. 3 para. 6A(2) words inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(c)(ii)
• Sch. 3 para. 9A inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(d)
• Sch. 3 para. 13ZA(2) words inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(e)
• Sch. 3 para. 13ZA(3) words inserted by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Amendment) 2024 reg. 4(7)(f)
• Sch. 3 para. 12(e) word omitted by Childcare 2026 reg. 4(6)(a)(i)
• Sch. 3 para. 12(f) word inserted by Childcare 2026 reg. 4(6)(a)(ii)
• Sch. 3 para. 11(2) words substituted by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, Parts 7 and 8 2010 art. 21(a)