{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-voluntary-registration-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-voluntary-registration-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/730",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare (Voluntary Registration) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-voluntary-registration-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Welfare of the children being cared for",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a registered person who is not a home child-carer, the registered person ensures, so far as is reasonably practicable, that no person smokes, or consumes or is under the influence of, drugs (including medication that may have an adverse effect on the individual’s ability to provide childcare) or alcohol—\n(a) on premises on which childcare is being provided at any time while childcare is being provided on the premises, or\n(b) in the presence of a child receiving childcare.\n(2) In the case of a registered person who is a home child-carer, the registered person—\n(a) does not smoke or consume drugs (including medication that may have an adverse effect on the registered person’s ability to provide childcare) or alcohol, and\n(b) is not under the influence of drugs (including medication that may have an adverse effect on the registered person’s ability to provide childcare) or alcohol,\nwhile providing childcare.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/730/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:58:32.489811+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."
}