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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-child-minding-and-day-care-wales-order-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2016/98",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Child Minding and Day Care (Wales) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-child-minding-and-day-care-wales-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010, a person who acts as a child minder or provides day care for children under the age of eight must be registered with the Welsh Ministers.\nArticle 3 of this Order, made under section 19(4) of the Measure, amends section 19 of the Measure to extend the registration requirement to persons who act as a child minder or provide day care for children under the age of twelve. It also makes consequential amendments.\nArticles 7 and 11 of this Order provide that a person who is registered immediately before 1 April 2016 to provide care for children under the age of eight is to be treated on and after the 1 April 2016 as registered to provide care for children under the age of twelve.\nArticles 8 and 12 of this Order apply where a child minder or day care provider is in breach of their conditions of registration as a result of the extension of the registration requirement.\nUnder articles 9 and 13 of this Order, applications for registration received by the Welsh Ministers before 1 April 2016 are to be treated as though received on 1 April 2016.\nArticle 14 provides that the extension of the registration requirement in article 3 does not affect the suspension of a person’s registration.\nThis Order comes into force on 1 April 2016.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Education and Public Services Group, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/98/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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