{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-inspections-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-inspections-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1729",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare (Inspections) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-inspections-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Frequency of inspection of early years provision",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in the case of an early years provider who is registered in the early years register, and to whom regulation 3 does not apply.\n(2) An early years inspection must be conducted—\n(a) within the period of 3 years beginning with the 1st August following the date of the provider’s registration in the early years register, and\n(b) thereafter, within each period of 3 years beginning with the 1st August following the date of the previous early years inspection.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1729/regulation/4",
    "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."
}