{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2026/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012",
  "text": "(1) The Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Document”, for “14th July 2025”, in both places it occurs, substitute “13th July 2026”.\n(3) In regulation 3 (specification of the welfare requirements)—\n(a) in paragraph (2A)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “and 3.102” substitute “3.104 and 3.105”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “3.15, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.74, 3.78, 3.79, 3.102 and 3.104” substitute “3.23, 3.25, 3.26, 3.75, 3.79, 3.105, 3.106 and 3.107”;\n(b) in paragraph (4), for “3rd December 2025” substitute “13th July 2026”.\n(4) In regulation 8 (provision of information), in paragraph (3), after “paragraphs” insert “10(c),”.\n(5) In the Schedule (events to be notified to the Chief Inspector)—\n(a) in paragraph 4—\n(i) the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1);\n(ii) omit “serious”;\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(2) In this paragraph, “harm” has the same meaning as in section 31(9) of the Children Act 1989.”;\n(b) in paragraph 10, after sub-paragraph (b), insert—\n“(c) where some or all of the early years provision is provided on domestic premises, any change of the persons of 16 years or older living or working on those premises (providing that persons are not to be treated as working on the premises for the purpose of this paragraph if none of their work is done in the part of the premises in which the children are cared for or if they do not work on the premises at times when the children are there).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/938; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/912, 2017/361, 2021/432, 2023/780, 2023/1338, 2024/1019, 2025/132, 2025/841, 2025/1261."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 2 of S.I. 2012/938 defines “the Document” which is published by the Secretary of State on the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 3(4) of S.I. 2012/938 defines the “Qualifications Document” which is published by the Secretary of State on the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualification-requirements-and-standards."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1989 c. 41; section 31(9) was amended by section 120 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/796/regulation/5",
    "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."
}