{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-inspections-regulations-2008/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-inspections-regulations-2008/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1729",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare (Inspections) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-inspections-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989;\n“the 2006 Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;\n“early years inspection” means an inspection conducted by the Chief Inspector under section 49(2)(a) of the 2006 Act of early years provision in respect of which an early years provider is registered in the early years register;\n“parent” includes a person who has parental responsibility for a child or who has care of a child;\n“relevant local authority”, in relation to early years provision, means the English local authority for the area in which the provision is provided.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the definition of “the Chief Inspector”, see section 98(1) of the 2006 Act, as amended by paragraph 117 of Schedule 14 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 96 of the 2006 Act for the meaning of “early years provision”, “early years provider”, “early years childminding” and “early years childminder”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1698",
      "affecting_title": "The Childcare (Inspections) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1729/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:28:54.631239+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."
}