# Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, Paragraph 13: Childcare

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Use for the provision of—
(a) in England—
(i) early years provision in respect of which a person is required to be registered under section 34 of the Childcare Act 2006,
(ii) later years provision in respect of which a person is required to be registered under section 53 of that Act, or
(iii) education or childcare in a maintained nursery school within the meaning of section 22 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
(b) in Wales—
(i) day care for children within the meaning of Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 1), or
(ii) childcare in a school in Wales within the meaning of the Education Act 1996 as it applies in relation to Wales (see section 4 of that Act);
(c) in Scotland—
(i) early learning and childcare within the meaning of Part 6 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8) (see section 46 of that Act), or
(ii) the day care of children within the meaning of Part 5 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8) (see paragraph 13 of Schedule 12 to that Act);
(d) in Northern Ireland—
(i) day care for children within the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)),
(ii) pre-school education, within the meaning given by Article 17(8) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1759 (N.I. 13)), or
(iii) education in a nursery school, within the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)).
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) “childcare”, “early years provision” and “later years provision” have the same meanings as in Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (see section 98 of that Act).
(3) Where the relevant Schedule 1 use of qualifying premises is a use mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), the premises are standard duty premises for the purposes of this Part (regardless of how they would otherwise be treated).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/10/schedule/1/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-13
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