Regulation 3 Recipients of grant

local authorities which provide day care under section 18 of the Children Act 1989^f1;

persons registered by a local authority under section 71(1)(b) of that Act (persons providing day care for children under 8 on non-domestic premises) or who would be required to be so registered if that Act applied to the Crown;

proprietors of independent schools to whom the Secretary of State has given notice of final registration of the school under section 70(1) of the Education Act 1944^f2;

proprietors of independent schools the registration of which under that section is provisional, being schools providing nursery education for children with statements of special educational needs with the consent of the Secretary of State under section 189(5)(b) of the Education Act 1993^f3 or with the approval of the authority by which the statements are maintained; and

proprietors of special schools not being maintained or grant-maintained special schools.