# Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010, Section 21: Duty of child minders to register


(1) A person must not act as a child minder in Wales unless that person is registered as a child minder by the Welsh Ministers under this Part.
(2) If it appears to the Welsh Ministers that a person is acting as a child minder without being registered to do so under this Part, the Welsh Ministers may serve a notice (“an enforcement notice”) on that person.
(3) An enforcement notice may be served on a person—
(a) by delivering it to the person, or
(b) by sending it by post to the person's last known address.
(4) An enforcement notice has effect for a period of one year beginning with the date on which it is served.
(5) A person (“P”) who acts as a child minder in contravention of subsection (1) commits an offence if—
(a) an enforcement notice has effect in relation to P, and
(b) P acts as a child minder without reasonable excuse.
(6) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2010/1/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-wales-measure-2010/section-21
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