http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/15/notesNursery schoolsFamily supportLegislationChildmindingChild careExplanatory Notes to Childcare Act 2006Department for Education and SkillsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2014-03-05
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Commentary on Sections and Schedules<CitationSubRef id="c00036" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/part/1" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-1">Part 1</CitationSubRef>: General Functions of Local Authority: England
<CitationSubRef id="c00125" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/section/14" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-14">Sections 14</CitationSubRef> and <CitationSubRef id="c00126" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/section/15" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-15">15</CitationSubRef>: Inspection and powers of Secretary of State to secure proper performance <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>
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Sections 14 and 15 ensure that a local authority’s functions under Part 1 (to improve outcomes, to secure sufficient childcare and to provide information) are subject to inspection by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools and subject to the powers of the Secretary of State to secure proper performance through sections 496, 497, 497A, 497AA and 497B of the Education Act 1996.