Childcare Funding (Wales) Act 2019 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Overview of the Act

3. Policy Background

4. Territorial Extent and Application

5. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1 –Funding of childcare for children of working parents

   2. Section 2 - Power to make provision about administration etc. of funding.

   3. Section 3 - Requirement for parents etc. to provide information

   4. Section 4 - Provision of information by third parties

   5. Section 5 – Onward disclosure of information disclosed by virtue of section 3 or 4

   6. Section 6 - Reviews of determinations and appeals to the First-tier Tribunal

   7. Section 7 - Power to confer functions on local authorities

   8. Section 8 - Duty to prepare and publish report on the effect of Act

   9. Section 9 - Consequential amendment to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005

   10. Section 11 - Power to change amount of financial penalty for provision of false or misleading information

   11. Section 12 - Supplementary provision about regulations under this Act

   12. Section 13 - Coming into force

   13. Section 14 - Short title

6. Record of Proceedings in National Assembly for Wales