http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/5F/2012-04-01Childcare Act 2006An Act to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities and other bodies in England in relation to the improvement of the well-being of young children; to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities in England and Wales in relation to the provision of childcare and the provision of information to parents and other persons; to make provision about the regulation and inspection of childcare provision in England; to amend Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 in relation to Wales; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-12-02Expert Participation2012-04-01 Childcare Act 2006s. 113A(1)Welfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 14 Pt. 1s. 150(3)Childcare Act 2006s. 113A(3)Welfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 14 Pt. 1s. 150(3)Childcare Act 2006s. 45A(4C)Childcare Act 2016s. 3(2)(a)s. 7(2)reg. 2(c)Childcare Act 2006s. 47ZA(3)(a)Childcare Act 2016s. 3(2)(b)s. 7(2)reg. 2(c) Part 15F1This section applies if immediately before the commencement date an English local authority has made arrangements for the provision of a children's centre.2To the extent that this would not otherwise be the case, the arrangements are to be treated for the purposes of this Part and Part 3A as made under section 3(2).3“The commencement date” is the day on which section 198 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 comes into force.Ss. 5A-5G and cross-heading inserted (12.1.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 198, 269(2)