{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2026/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/796",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations 2008",
  "text": "(1) The Childcare (General Childcare Register) Regulations 2008 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9).\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “appropriate first aid qualification” insert—\n““banned dog breed” means a type of dog to which section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 applies;”.\n(3) In regulation 10 (prescribed requirements for registration: voluntary registration), in paragraph (2), after “8” insert “and 9A”.\n(4) In Schedule 1 (applications for registration: later years childminders)—\n(a) in the heading to paragraph 8A, omit “non-domestic”;\n(b) after paragraph 8A insert—\n“8B No banned dog breed is kept or present at the relevant premises.”.\n(5) In Schedule 2 (applications for registration: other later years providers), after paragraph 11A insert—\n“11B No banned dog breed is kept or present at the relevant premises.”.\n(6) In Schedule 3 (requirements governing activities: later years providers)—\n(a) in paragraph 12—\n(i) omit the “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (e);\n(ii) insert “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (f);\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—\n“(g) no banned dog breed is kept or present at the relevant premises”;\n(b) in paragraph 25, in sub-paragraph (2)(d), omit “serious”.\n(7) In Schedule 4 (applications for registration in Part B of the general childcare register: childminders), after paragraph 9 insert—\n“Requirement relating to the premises\n9A No banned dog breed is kept or present at the relevant premises.”.\n(8) In Schedule 5 (applications for registration in Part B of the general childcare register: other childcare providers), after paragraph 11 insert—\n“Requirement relating to the premises\n11A No banned dog breed is kept or present at the relevant premises.”.\n(9) In Schedule 6 (requirements governing the activities of persons registered voluntarily)—\n(a) in paragraph 13, for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute—\n“(a) in the case of a registered person who is not a home child-carer—\n(i) the relevant premises are safe for such provision, and\n(ii) no banned dog breed is kept or present at the relevant premises,\n(aa) in the case of a registered person who is a home child-carer, the registered person—\n(i) does not take a banned dog breed to the relevant premises, and\n(ii) ensures, so far as reasonably practicable, that no banned dog breed is present at the relevant premises when childcare is being provided.”;\n(b) in paragraph 27, in sub-paragraph (2)(d), omit “serious”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/975; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/912, 2015/1562, 2024/1019."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/796/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:57:54.773109+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."
}