1. Where the applicant is an individual—
(a)the applicant’s full name, date of birth, address and telephone number;
(b)details of the applicant’s professional or technical qualifications, and experience, so far as such qualifications and experience are relevant to looking after children under the age of eight;
(c)details of the applicant’s employment history, including the name and address of his or her present employer and of any previous employers;
(d)details of any business the applicant carries on or has carried on;
(e)the name and addresses of two referees—
(i)who are not relatives of the applicant;
(ii)each of whom is able to provide a reference as to the applicant’s competence to carry on an establishment of the same description as the establishment; and
(iii)one of whom is the applicant’s most recent employer;
(f)where any certificate or information on any matters referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 is not available to the responsible person because any provision of the Police Act 1997 has not been brought into force, details of any criminal offences—
(i)of which the responsible person has been convicted, including details of any convictions which are spent within the meaning of section 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and which may be disclosed by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975; or
(ii)in respect of which he or she has been cautioned by a constable and which, at the time the caution was given, he or she admitted.
2. Where the applicant is an organisation—
(a)the name of the organisation and the address of the registered office or principal office of the organisation;
(b)the full name, date of birth, address and telephone number of the responsible individual;
(c)details of the professional or technical qualifications of the responsible individual and his or her experience, so far as such qualifications and experience are relevant to supervising the provision of care to children under the age of eight;
(d)if the organisation is a subsidiary of a holding company, the name and address of the registered or principal office of the holding company and of any other subsidiary of that holding company.
3. In every case—
(a)a reference from a bank expressing an opinion as to the applicant’s financial standing;
(b)a statement as to whether the responsible person has been adjudged bankrupt, or sequestration of his or her estate has been ordered, or he or she has made a composition or arrangement with, his or her creditors;
(c)a statement as to the applicant’s ability to ensure that the child minding or provision of day care, as the case may be, is financially viable.