Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;

• “enhanced criminal record certificate” means an enhanced criminal record certificate issued under section 113B of the Police Act 1997^f1;

• “harm” has the same meaning as in section 31(9) of the Children Act 1989^f2;

• “home child-carer” means an individual who—

  1. (a)

     cares for a child for a parent (“P1”), or

  2. (b)

     in addition to that work, cares for another child for a different parent (“P2”),

  and whose work consists (in a case within paragraph (a)) of caring for the child wholly or mainly in P1’s home or (in a case within paragraph (b)) of caring for the children wholly or mainly in P1’s home or P2’s home or both;

• “manager” means—

  1. (a)

     where the applicant is an individual, the applicant or (if the applicant employs staff) the individual who will be managing the early years provision or later years provision;

  2. (b)

     where the applicant is a partnership, a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership, the individual who will be managing the early years provision or later years provision;

• “nominated individual”, in relation to an applicant which is a partnership, a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership, means a partner, director, secretary or other officer who is responsible for supervising the management of the childcare;

• “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for the child, and a person who is a relative of the child;

• “registered person” means a person providing early years provision or later years provision who is registered under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Act;

• “relative”, in relation to a child, means a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother or sister (whether of the full blood or half-blood or by marriage or civil partnership) or a step-parent.

In these Regulations, except in regulations 4(2) and 6(2), any reference to providing childminding or childcare includes a reference to childminding or childcare that is to be provided.

In these Regulations any reference to employing a person includes employing a person whether or not for payment and allowing a person to work as a volunteer, and references to a person being employed shall be construed accordingly.