# The Childcare Providers (Information, Advice and Training) Regulations 2007, Regulation 4: Information, advice and training


(1) The matters referred to in regulation 3(1) are—
(a) registration procedures under Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Part 3 (regulation and provision of childcare in England) of the Act and the prescribed requirements for registration;
(b) information on the significance of registration under Chapter 4 (voluntary registration) of Part 3 of the Act;
(c) business planning, financial management and marketing;
(d) meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage;
(e) meeting the requirements of regulations under sections 59(2) and 67(2) of the Act (regulations governing activities of providers of childcare);
(f) meeting the requirements of the equality enactments;
(g) meeting the needs of persons described in paragraph (2) in relation to the provision of suitable childcare;
(h) effective safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare and compliance with statutory requirements, guidance and procedures for the protection of children; and
(i) the use of the Common Assessment Framework.
(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(g) are—
(a) disabled children;
(b) children with special educational needs;
(c) looked after children within the meaning given in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989;
(d) those using, or intending to use, childcare in respect of which the child care element of the working tax credit is payable; and
(e) other children who are at risk of social exclusion by virtue of unemployment, poverty, homelessness, geographical remoteness, ill health, family breakdown or other economic, cultural or social factors.
(3) In this regulation—
(a) “child care element”, in relation to working tax credit, is to be read in accordance with section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
(b) “disabled child” means a child who has a disability for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and
(c) “special educational needs” has the meaning in section 312(1) of the Education Act 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1797/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-providers-information-advice-and-training-regulations-2007/regulation-4
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