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          <Strong>PART 2</Strong>
        </Number><Title>CHILD MINDING AND DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2010/1/part/2/crossheading/registration-of-child-minding" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2010/1/part/2/crossheading/registration-of-child-minding" NumberOfProvisions="2" id="part-2-crossheading-registration-of-child-minding" RestrictStartDate="2011-04-01"><Title><Emphasis>Registration of child minding</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2011-04-01"><Title>Register of child minders</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2010/1/section/20" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2010/1/section/20" id="section-20"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-7671857f4aba900f565b9a1b4d7de68e"/>20</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The Welsh Ministers must maintain a register (“<Term id="term-the-child-minders-register">the child minders register</Term>”) of all persons who are registered as child minders under this Part.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-7671857f4aba900f565b9a1b4d7de68e" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-20" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2010/1/section/20" id="csyeasnd1-00190">S. 20</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.4.2011  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2010/2582" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="2582" Title="The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No. 2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010" id="csyeasnd1-00191">S.I. 2010/2582</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2010/2582/article/2" CitationRef="csyeasnd1-00191" id="csyeasnd1-00192">art. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2010/2582/schedule/1" CitationRef="csyeasnd1-00191" Operative="true" id="csyeasnd1-00193">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2010/2582/schedule/2" CitationRef="csyeasnd1-00191" id="csyeasnd1-00194">Schs. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2010/2582/schedule/3" CitationRef="csyeasnd1-00191" id="csyeasnd1-00195">3</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>