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.
(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.