Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and re-enact with modifications the Day Care and Child Minding (Inspections) (Prescribed Matters) (England) Regulations 2001 as amended. The Regulations:

(a)

re-enact the interval at which the Chief Inspector shall inspect child minding and day care;

(b)

re-enact the requirement on the Chief Inspector to send a copy of the report to the local authority;

(c)

introduce a new requirement for registered persons, where they have been notified of an inspection themselves, to notify parents;

(d)

introduce a new requirement for registered persons to send parents a copy of the report; and

(e)

introduce a new requirement for registered persons to provide any person with a copy of the report, if asked, on payment of a fee not exceeding the cost of supply.