Provisions of the Act coming into force on 1st October 20072

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, 502, 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 19983 (and section 103(2) in so far as it relates to that provision).