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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Regulation of child minding and day care

Disclosure of criminal record

8(1)Section 115 of that Act (enhanced criminal record certificates) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (5)(e), after “that Act” there is inserted “, or the holding of a certificate under section 79W of that Act,”.

(3)After subsection (6B) there is inserted—

(6BA)The references in subsections (6A) and (6B) to considering the applicant’s suitability to be employed, supplied to work, found work or given work in a position falling within section 113(3B) or (3D) include references to considering, for the purposes of Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (child minding and day care in England and Wales) his suitability—

(a)to look after or be in regular contact with children under the age of eight, or

(b)in the case of an applicant for or holder of a certificate under section 79W of that Act, or a person prescribed under subsection (4) of that section, to look after children within the meaning of that section.