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				<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/29/notes</dc:identifier><dc:subject>Nursery schools</dc:subject><dc:subject>Family support</dc:subject><dc:subject>Legislation</dc:subject><dc:subject>Childminding</dc:subject><dc:subject>Child care</dc:subject><dc:title>Explanatory Notes to Childcare Act 2006</dc:title><dc:creator>Department for Education and Skills</dc:creator><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2014-03-05</dc:modified>
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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2006" Number="0021">Childcare Act 2006</Citation></Title>
<Number>21</Number>
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<DateText>11 July 2006</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00184" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/section/28" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-28">Sections 28</CitationSubRef> and <CitationSubRef id="c00185" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/section/29" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-29">29</CitationSubRef>: Inspection and Powers of Assembly to secure proper performance <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation></Title>
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<Text><CitationSubRef id="c00187" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/section/28" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-28">Sections 28</CitationSubRef> and <CitationSubRef id="c00188" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/21/section/29" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-29">29</CitationSubRef> ensure that a Welsh local authority’s functions under Part 2  (to secure sufficient childcare and to provide information) are inspected by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales and are subject to the powers of the Assembly to secure proper performance through sections 496, 497, 497A, 497AA and 497B of the Education Act 1996.</Text>
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