The Child Minding and Day Care (Wales) Regulations 2002

PART VI — PREMISES

Fitness of Premises

20.—(1) The registered person shall not use premises for child minding or the provision of day care, as the case may be, unless they are in a location and of a physical design and layout, which are suitable for the purpose of achieving the aims and objectives set out in the statement of purpose.

(2) The registered person shall ensure that all parts of the relevant premises used by children are—

(a) adequately lit, heated and ventilated;

(b) secure from unauthorised access;

(c) suitably furnished and equipped;

(d) of sound construction and kept in good structural repair externally and internally;

(e) clean and reasonably decorated and maintained; and

(f) equipped with what is reasonably necessary, and adapted as necessary, in order to meet the needs arising from the disability of any relevant child.

(3) The registered person shall ensure that the relevant premises are kept free from offensive odours and shall make suitable arrangements for the disposal of general and clinical waste.

(4) The registered person shall ensure that when care is provided in indoor premises there are available on the relevant premises for use by relevant children in conditions of appropriate privacy—

(a) a sufficient number of wash basins supplied with hot and cold running water, and

(b) a sufficient number of lavatories which are suitable for relevant children,

for the number and sex of relevant children.

(5) The registered person shall ensure that where food is provided in indoor premises there are suitable and sufficient facilities and equipment for the preparation storage and consumption of food on the relevant premises.

Fire Precautions

21.—(1) The registered person shall, in relation to relevant premises—

(a) take adequate precautions against the risk of fire, including the provision of fire prevention and detection equipment;

(b) provide adequate means of escape in the event of a fire;

(c) make adequate arrangements—

(i) for detecting, containing and extinguishing fires;

(ii) for giving warnings of fires;

(iii) for evacuation in the event of a fire;

(iv) for the maintenance of all fire prevention and detection equipment; and

(v) for reviewing fire precautions, and testing fire prevention and detection equipment, at suitable intervals;

(d) make arrangements for persons working with relevant children on relevant premises to receive suitable training in fire prevention;

(e) ensure by means of fire drills and practices at suitable intervals, that the persons working with relevant children, and, so far as practicable, the relevant children, are aware of the procedure to be followed in case of fire; and

(f) consult with the fire authority about the matters described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).

(2) In this regulation “fire authority” means the authority discharging in the area in which the relevant premises are situated, the functions of fire authority under the Fire Services Act 1947(1).

(1)

1947 c. 41.