Childcare Act 2006
2006 CHAPTER 21
Commentary on Sections and Schedules
Part 3 – Regulation of Provision of Childcare in England
Chapter 2: Regulation of Early Years Provision
Section 34: Requirement to register: other early years providers
84.Section 34 sets out the requirement for early years providers, other than childminders, to be registered. Such early years providers must register in respect of particular premises.
85.Subsection (2) exempts from this requirement early years provision made for children aged 3 and over at a maintained school, non-maintained special school or independent school where that provision is made by the school and one or more pupils attend it. Subsection (3) makes provision for the Secretary of State to exempt by order certain providers from the requirement to be registered.
86.It is an offence to provide non-exempt early years provision without being registered (see subsection (5)).
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