Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 301
Children And Young Persons, England
The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made
9th February 2010
Laid before Parliament
17th February 2010
Coming into force
1st September 2010
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7 and 104(2) of the Childcare Act 2006( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st September 2010.
Amendment to the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2008
2. The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2008( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. For regulation 3, substitute—
“ Prescribed Periods
3. —(1) For the purposes of section 7(1) of the Act, an English local authority must secure that prescribed early years provision is available for each young child for a period of 570 hours in any year and during no fewer than 38 weeks in any year.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the first year commences on the date referred to in regulation 4(2) applicable to the child in question, and subsequent years commence on the anniversary of that date. ”
Dawn Primarolo
Minister of State
Department for Children, Schools and Families
9th February 2010
2006 c. 21 ; see section 21 for the definition of “prescribed”.