# The Nursery Education (Amendment) Regulations 1996, Regulation 6: Inspection intervals


After regulation 7 in the principal Regulations there shall be added the following regulation:
“Inspection intervals
8 (1) For the purpose of paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act there are prescribed as the intervals at which funded nursery education shall be inspected by a registered nursery education inspector—
(a) in respect of such education provided at premises in England, within successive periods of four years, and
(b) in respect of such education provided at premises in Wales, within successive periods of five years.
(2) The periods, within which the first inspection is to take place at the premises referred to in paragraph (1), shall commence on the day on or after 1st April 1997 on which funded nursery education is first provided at the premises.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3117/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nursery-education-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-6
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