This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2017/249 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 333
Children And Young Persons, England
The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2017
Made
8th March 2017
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(2), (6A) and (6B) and 104(2) of the Childcare Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2017.
(2) This regulation and regulation 2 come into force on 31st March 2017.
(3) Paragraphs (1), (2), (5) and (6) of regulation 3 come into force on 1st April 2017.
(4) Paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 3 come into force on 1st September 2017.
Revocation
2.The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017( 2 ) are revoked.
Amendment of the Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) Regulations 2007
3. —(1)The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) Regulations 2007( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “childminder agency” insert—
“ “the extended entitlement” means early years provision which is provided free of charge pursuant to a duty imposed on an English local authority by regulation 33 of the Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) Regulations 2016 ( 4 ) (duty to secure early years provision free of charge for a qualifying child of working parents); ” .
(3) In regulation 1(2), for the definition of “free early years provision” substitute—
“ “free early years provision” means early years provision which is provided free of charge pursuant to a duty imposed on an English local authority by—
section 7 of the 2006 Act (duty to secure prescribed early years provision free of charge); or
regulation 33 of the Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) Regulations 2016; ” .
(4) After regulation 2 (prescribed descriptions of information about childcare), insert—
“ 2A. Duty to publish information
(1) An English local authority must publish the descriptions of information prescribed under regulation 2 three times a year on 1st January, 1st April and 1st September.
(2) An English local authority must—
(a) publish the prescribed descriptions of information by placing them on its website; and
(b) publish its arrangements for enabling—
(i) people without access to the internet; and
(ii) different groups who face difficulties in accessing the internet, including people with a disability,
to obtain a copy of the information.
(3) In this regulation, “disability” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 ( 5 ) . ” .
(5) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, after sub-paragraph (o), insert—
“ (p) during the period beginning on 1st April 2017 and ending on 31st August 2017, whether the registered person intends to provide the extended entitlement. ” .
(6) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, after sub-paragraph (g), insert—
“ (h) during the period beginning on 1st April 2017 and ending on 31st August 2017, whether the person providing the childcare intends to provide the extended entitlement. ” .
Caroline Dinenage
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Education
8th March 2017
2006 c.21 . Subsections (6A) and (6B) of section 12 were inserted by section 5 of the Childcare Act 2016 (c.5) . See section 106 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
S.I. 2007/3490 , amended by S.I. 2014/1921 , S.I. 2015/1562 and S.I 2017/249 .