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Paragraph 5 I1I2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A “child care agency” is a service which consists of or includes supplying, or introducing to persons who use the service, child carers; but the expression does not include a nurse agency and a service may be excepted from this definition by regulations.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), “child carer” means a person who—

(a)

whether or not for reward; and

(b)

whether on a day-to-day or on an occasional basis,

looks after a child wholly or mainly in the home of the child's parents.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 12 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.

I2

Sch. 12 para. 5 in force at 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch.