Citation and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Childcare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2007.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Childcare Act 2006 .

Provisions of the Act coming into force on 1st October 2007

2. The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st October 2007—

(a) sections 8 (powers of local authority in relation to the provision of childcare), 9 (arrangements between local authority and childcare providers), 10 (charges where local authority provide childcare), 17 (charges for early years provision at maintained school) and 51 (interpretation of Chapter 2);

(b) section 13 (duty to provide information, advice and training to childcare providers) in so far as it is not already in force;

(c) sections 33 to 37, 49, 50( 2 ), 52 to 56 and 59 to 61 for the purposes of making an order or regulations;

(d) paragraph 2(1), (3) and (5) of Schedule 1 (and section 48 in so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs of that paragraph);

(e) paragraphs 4 and 32(1), (2), (3) and (5) of Schedule 2 (and section 103(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs);

(f) in relation to England—

• paragraph 32(4) of Schedule 2 (and section 103(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph), and

• in Part 2 of Schedule 3 the repeal of section 119(5)(ab) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 3 ) (and section 103(2) in so far as it relates to that provision).

Transitional Provision

3. Despite the amendment made by paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 1 to the Act, the definition of “funded nursery education” in section 23(5) of the Education Act 1997 ( 4 ) (as inserted by paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 17 to the Education Act 2002 ( 5 )) continues to have effect for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section until the coming into force of paragraph 2(2) and (4) of Schedule 1 to the Act.