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Paragraph 13 Suitability of premises and equipment

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

(1)

The relevant premises and the equipment used for the purposes of the childcare are suitable for such provision, and in particular—

(a)

in the case of a registered person who is not a home child-carer, the relevant premises are safe for such provision,

(b)

a child is not able to leave the relevant premises without a person who is caring for children on those premises becoming aware of the child leaving, except where—

(i)

the childcare is open access childcare, or

(ii)

the registered person has agreed with the parent of a child who is not a young childf1 that the requirement in this paragraph shall not apply, and

(c)

no person is able to enter the relevant premises without a person who is caring for the children on those premises being aware of the entry of that person.

(2)

In this paragraph, “open access childcare” means childcare, other than childminding, under the arrangements for which a child, other than a young child, may leave the relevant premises unaccompanied.

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Footnotes

f1

See section 19 of the Childcare Act 2006 for the definition of “young child”.