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5(1)A “child care agency” is a service which consists of or includes supplying, or introducing to persons who use the service, child carers; but the expression does not include a nurse agency and a service may be excepted from this definition by regulations.S
(2)In sub-paragraph (1), “child carer” means a person who—
(a)whether or not for reward; and
(b)whether on a day-to-day or on an occasional basis,
looks after a child wholly or mainly in the home of the child's parents.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.
I2Sch. 12 para. 5 in force at 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch.