{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-welfare-requirements-regulations-2012/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-welfare-requirements-regulations-2012/regulation-8.json",
  "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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Provision of information",
  "text": "(1) A registered early years provider must notify the relevant person of the occurrence of any of the events set out in the Schedule to these Regulations and must at the same time provide the relevant person with the information specified in that Schedule in respect of that event.\n(2) The notification and information referred to in paragraph (1) must be provided to the relevant person—\n(a) where it is reasonably practicable to do so, in advance of the event occurring; and\n(b) in all other cases as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within 14 days beginning with the date that the event occurred.\n(3) Where the registered early years provider is required to notify the relevant person of a change of person under paragraphs 10(c), 11(a) or 12(a) or (b) of the Schedule, the notification must include the new person's—\n(a) full name, and any former name or alias,\n(b) date of birth, and\n(c) home address.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8 substituted (1.9.2014) by The Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/912), regs. 1, 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(3) inserted (1.9.2026) by The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/796), regs. 1(b), 5(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/938/regulation/8",
    "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."
}