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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-welfare-requirements-regulations-2012/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/938",
  "legislation_title": "The Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-welfare-requirements-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Requirement on the Chief Inspector and early years childminder agencies",
  "text": "The Chief Inspector and early years childminder agencies must have regard to the welfare requirements specified in regulation 3 and the matters in the relevant provisions of the Document in exercising functions under Part 3 of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 inserted (1.9.2014) by The Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/912), regs. 1, 26(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 substituted (3.4.2017) by The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/361), regs. 1, 4(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 heading inserted (1.9.2014) by The Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/912), regs. 1, 26(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/938/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:27.319526+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."
}