The Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2008/979 |
| Year | 2008 |
2008 No. 979
Children And Young Persons, England
The Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008
Made 31th March 2008
Laid before Parliament 11th April 2008
Coming into force 1st September 2008
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33(2) and (3), 34(3) and (4), 52(2) and (3), 53(3) and (4) and 104(2)(a) of the Childcare Act 20061:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008 and comes into force on 1st September 2008.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006;
“client” means a person at whose request (or persons at whose joint request) childcare is provided for a child;
“parent” includes any person who has parental responsibility for a child or has care of a child.
Exemptions
2.—(1) Section 33(1) (requirement to register: early years childminders) of the Act does not apply in relation to early years childminding in the circumstances specified in articles 3, 6 or 8.
(2) Section 34(1) (requirement to register: other early years providers) of the Act does not apply in relation to early years provision in the circumstances specified in any of articles 4 to 9.
(3) Section 52(1) (requirement to register: later years childminders for children under eight) of the Act does not apply in relation to later years childminding in the circumstances specified in articles 3, 6 or 8.
(4) Section 53(1) (requirement to register: other later years providers for children under eight) of the Act does not apply in relation to later years provision in the circumstances specified in any of articles 4 to 8.
Exempt childminding
3.—(1) The circumstances referred to in articles 2(1) and 2(3) are where a person makes the provision2—
(a)
(a) for—
(i) a child or children for particular parents, wholly or mainly in the home of the parents, or
(ii) a child or children for particular parents (“the first parents”) and, in addition, for a child or children for different parents (“the second parents”), wholly or mainly in the home of the first parents or the second parents or in both homes;
(b)
(b) for a particular child for two hours or less per day; or
(c)
(c) only between 6pm and 2am.
Exempt provision in hotels, guest houses or similar
4. The circumstances referred to in articles 2(2) and 2(4) are where the provision is made in a hotel, guest house or other similar establishment for children staying in that establishment, and—
(a) it is made only between 6pm and 2am, and
(b) the person is making the provision for no more than two different clients at the same time.
Exempt temporary provision
5.—(1) The circumstances referred to in articles 2(2) and 2(4) are where the provision is made—
(a)
(a) for a particular child—
(i) for two hours or less per day, or
(ii) for four hours or less per day and the provision is offered—
(aa) on a day to day basis with no longer term commitment to clients, and
(bb) for the convenience of clients who intend to remain on the premises where the provision is made or within their immediate locality; or
(b)
(b) on particular premises for 14 days or fewer in a year commencing with the relevant day, and the person making the provision has notified the Chief Inspector in writing at least 14 days before the relevant day.
(2) The “relevant day” means the first day on which the provision is made on the premises in question.
Exempt activity-based provision
6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the circumstances referred to in articles 2(1) to 2(4) are where—
(a)
(a) the provision is made for a child who has attained the age of three,
(b)
(b) the person making the provision is providing to the child an activity of a type listed in paragraph (3), and
(c)
(c) the provision is incidental to the activity.
(2) The circumstances in this article are not met if—
(a)
(a) the child has not attained the age of five and attends the activity for longer than four hours per day, or
(b)
(b) the person making the provision offers more than two of the types of activity listed in paragraph (3).
(3) The types of...
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