# The Day Care and Child Minding (National Standards) (England) Regulations 2003, Regulation 7: Keeping of records


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a registered person shall—
(a) keep at the premises, or at another location notified to and agreed by the Chief Inspector, all the records specified in paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations;
(b) preserve every entry in the records specified in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of that Schedule for a period of two years from that date on which the entry was made; and
(c) provide the Chief Inspector with copies of such of those records as he may from time to time request.
(2) A registered person who provides day care shall—
(a) keep at the premises, or at another location notified to and agreed by the Chief Inspector, all the records specified in paragraphs 7 to 11 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations;
(b) provide the Chief Inspector with copies of such of those records as he may from time to time request.
(3) A registered person who provides day care by means of an open access scheme is not required to keep the records specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 9 of that Schedule.
(4) An “open access scheme” is a scheme for the provision of day care which does not require—
(a) children to be accompanied by a parent or other responsible person while on the premises at which the day care is provided; or
(b) children to be escorted by a parent or other responsible person to and from those premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1996/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/day-care-and-child-minding-national-standards-england-regulations-2003/regulation-7
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