Regulation 3 Early years development plans

For the purposes of section 120(1)(b) of the Act (the intervals at which plans must be prepared) the intervals shall be intervals of one year.

The period to which the statement of proposals shall relate is the period of one year commencing on 1st September in the year in which the plan is submitted to the Secretary of State for approval of the statement of proposals in accordance with section 121(1) of the Act.

The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall relate to the period of one year commencing on 1st September 1999.

Every statement of proposals shall deal with the matters set out in the Schedule to these Regulations,