{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/day-care-and-child-minding-national-standards-england-regulations-2001/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/day-care-and-child-minding-national-standards-england-regulations-2001/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1828",
  "legislation_title": "The Day Care and Child Minding (National Standards) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/day-care-and-child-minding-national-standards-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "National Standards",
  "text": "(1) In exercising his functions under Part XA of the Act, the Chief Inspector—\n(a) shall have regard to the national standards and supporting criteria; and\n(b) may take account of—\n(i) the duty imposed on a registered person by paragraph (2); and\n(ii) any failure or alleged failure of such a person to comply with that duty in any respect or on any occasion.\n(2) A registered person who acts as a child minder, or provides day care, on premises shall—\n(a) meet the requirements of the national standards; and\n(b) have regard to the supporting criteria applicable to the child care category into which he falls.\n(3) Any allegation that a registered person has failed to comply with paragraph (2) may be taken into account in any proceedings under Part XA of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1828/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:48:45.582082+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."
}