{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-exemptions-from-learning-and-development-requirements-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-exemptions-from-learning-and-development-requirements-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1743",
  "legislation_title": "The Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemptions from Learning and Development Requirements) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-exemptions-from-learning-and-development-requirements-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Extent of a direction: principles governing the early years provision",
  "text": "(1) A direction made under regulation 2(a) may provide that—\n(a) an educational programme applies with such modifications as are specified in the direction; and\n(b) an early learning goal or an assessment arrangement—\n(i) applies with such modifications as are specified in the direction, or\n(ii) does not apply.\n(2) A direction made under regulation 2(a) must specify—\n(a) that the date of the request referred to in regulation 3(a) is the date on which the exemption provided for in the direction takes effect; and\n(b) the period (not exceeding 2 years) during which that exemption has effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2463",
      "affecting_title": "The Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemptions from Learning and Development Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1743/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:28:46.101787+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."
}