http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/schedule/3Care Standards Act 2000An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local authority fostering and adoption services; to establish a General Social Care Council and a Care Council for Wales and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to establish a Children’s Commissioner for Wales; to make provision for the registration, regulation and training of those providing child minding or day care; to make provision for the protection of children and vulnerable adults; to amend the law about children looked after in schools and colleges; to repeal the Nurses Agencies Act 1957; to amend Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-09-03Expert Participation2025-09-01 Care StandardsCare Standards Act 2000s. 5(1)(a)(iii)Children and Young Persons Act 2008s. 4(2)(a)s. 6s. 44(4)art. 2(b) SCHEDULE 3Section 79.11Except in prescribed circumstances, Part XA does not apply to provision of day care within sub-paragraph (2) for any child looked after in—aa maintained school;ba school assisted by a local education authority;ca school in respect of which payments are made by the Secretary of State or the Assembly under section 485 of the Education Act 1996;dan independent school.2The provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is provision of day care made by—athe person carrying on the establishment in question as part of the establishment’s activities; orba person employed to work at that establishment and authorised to make that provision as part of the establishment’s activities.3In sub-paragraph (1)—“assisted” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996;“maintained school” has the meaning given by section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.21Part XA does not apply to provision of day care within sub-paragraph (2) for any child looked after—ain an appropriate children’s home;bin a care home;cas a patient in a hospital (within the meaning of the Care Standards Act 2000);din a residential family centre.2The provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is provision of day care made by—athe department, authority or other person carrying on the establishment in question as part of the establishment’s activities; orba person employed to work at that establishment and authorised to make that provision as part of the establishment’s activities.31Where day care is provided on particular premises on less than six days in any year, that provision shall be disregarded for the purposes of Part XA if the person making it has notified the registration authority in writing before the first occasion on which the premises concerned are so used in that year.2In sub-paragraph (1) “year” means the year beginning with the day (after the commencement of paragraph 5 of Schedule 9) on which the day care in question was or is first provided on the premises concerned and any subsequent year.41Regulations may provide for a person to be disqualified for registration for child minding or providing day care.2The regulations may, in particular, provide for a person to be disqualified where—ahe is included in the list kept under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999;bhe is included on the grounds mentioned in subsection (6ZA)(c) of section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988 in the list kept for the purposes of regulations made under subsection (6) of that section;can order of a prescribed kind has been made at any time with respect to him;dan order of a prescribed kind has been made at any time with respect to any child who has been in his care;ea requirement of a prescribed kind has been imposed at any time with respect to such a child, under or by virtue of any enactment;fhe has at any time been refused registration under Part X or Part XA or any prescribed enactment or had any such registration cancelled;ghe has been convicted of any offence of a prescribed kind, or has been placed on probation or discharged absolutely or conditionally for any such offence;hhe has at any time been disqualified from fostering a child privately;ja prohibition has been imposed on him at any time under section 69, section 10 of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 or any prescribed enactment;khis rights and powers with respect to a child have at any time been vested in a prescribed authority under a prescribed enactment.3Regulations may provide for a person who lives—ain the same household as a person who is himself disqualified for registration for child minding or providing day care; orbin a household at which any such person is employed,to be disqualified for registration for child minding or providing day care.4A person who is disqualified for registration for providing day care shall not provide day care, or be concerned in the management of, or have any financial interest in, any provision of day care.5No person shall employ, in connection with the provision of day care, a person who is disqualified for registration for providing day care.6In this paragraph “enactment” means any enactment having effect, at any time, in any part of the United Kingdom.51If any person—aacts as a child minder at any time when he is disqualified for registration for child minding; orbcontravenes any of sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) of paragraph 4,he shall be guilty of an offence.2Where a person contravenes sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 4, he shall not be guilty of an offence under this paragraph if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the person in question was living or employed in the household.3Where a person contravenes sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 4, he shall not be guilty of an offence under this paragraph if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the person whom he was employing was disqualified.4A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.61If an application for registration is granted, the registration authority shall give the applicant a certificate of registration.2A certificate of registration shall give prescribed information about prescribed matters.3Where, due to a change of circumstances, any part of the certificate requires to be amended, the registration authority shall issue an amended certificate.4Where the registration authority is satisfied that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, the authority shall issue a copy, on payment by the registered person of any prescribed fee.5For the purposes of Part XA, a person is—aregistered for providing child minding (in England or in Wales); orbregistered for providing day care on any premises,if a certificate of registration to that effect is in force in respect of him.7Regulations may require registered persons to pay to the registration authority at prescribed times an annual fee of a prescribed amount.81Where it appears to the Chief Inspector that any local authority in England could, by taking any specified action, help in the exercise of any of his functions under Part XA, he may request the help of that authority specifying the action in question.2Where it appears to the Assembly that any local authority in Wales could, by taking any specified action, help in the exercise of any of its functions under Part XA, the Assembly may request the help of that authority specifying the action in question.3An authority whose help is so requested shall comply with the request if it is compatible with their own statutory or other duties and obligations and does not unduly prejudice the discharge of any of their functions.

1996 c. 56. 1996 c. 56. 1998 c. 31. 1999 c. 14. 1988 c. 40. 1984 c. 56. Sch. 3 wholly in force at 1.4.2002; Sch. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; Sch. 3 in force for E. at 2.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2041, arts. 1(4), 2(1)(b) (subject to art. 2(2)(3)) (with transitional, transitory and savings provisions in art. 3, Sch.); Sch. 3 in force for W. for certain purposes at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch. Table; Sch. 3 in force for W. in so far as not already in force at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2002/920, arts. 1(4), 3(3) (subject to art. 3(4)(5) and to transitional provisions in Schs. 1-3)