Paragraph 2

(1)

A person comes within this sub-paragraph where—

(a)

before the commencement date that person has made an application for registration as an early years childminder—

(i)

in the early years register under section 35(1)(a) of the 2006 Act (applications for registration: early years childminders with domestic premises); or

(ii)

with an early years childminder agency under section 35(1)(b) of the 2006 Act; and

(b)

immediately before the commencement date the application for registration referred to in sub-paragraph (a) remains undetermined by the Chief Inspector or, as the case may be, the early years childminder agency in question.

(2)

A person who comes within sub-paragraph (1) is deemed on and after the commencement date to have made the application referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) for registration as an early years childminder with domestic premises—

(a)

in the case of an application described in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i), in the early years register under section 35(1)(a) of the 2006 Act; or

(b)

in the case of an application described in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), with the early years childminder agency in question under section 35(1)(b) of the 2006 Act.