# The Welfare Food (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)


In regulation 2(1)—
(a) insert the following definitions in the appropriate places—
““childcare”—
(a) in relation to England, has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Childcare Act 2006;
(b) in relation to Wales, means—
(i) child minding or day care for children within the meaning of section 19(2) and (3) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010; or
(ii) care provided to a child at a school which is not day care for the purposes of Part 2 of that Measure by virtue of article 14 of the Child Minding and Day Care Exceptions (Wales) Order 2010;
“childcare provider” means a childcare provider specified in regulation 18(2);”;
(b) omit the definitions of “day care”, “day care provider”, “exempt establishment”, “exempt school”, “registered child minder”, “registered day care provider”, and “school milk subsidy”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1092/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-3
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