Part 3

Regulation of Provision of Childcare in England
Chapter 5

Common provisions

Cancellation of registration etc.

Voluntary removal from a childcare register: childminder agencies
70A
1
A person registered under Chapter 2A or 3A as an early years childminder agency or a later years childminder agency may give notice to the Chief Inspector of a wish to be removed from the early years register or (as the case may be) from Part A of the general childcare register.
2
If a person gives notice under subsection (1) the Chief Inspector must remove the person from the early years register or (as the case may be) from Part A of the general childcare register.
3
The Chief Inspector must not act under subsection (2) if—
a
the Chief Inspector has sent the person a notice (in pursuance of section 73(2)) of the Chief Inspector's intention to cancel the person's registration, and
b
the Chief Inspector has not decided that he or she no longer intends to take that step.
4
The Chief Inspector must not act under subsection (2) if—
a
the Chief Inspector has sent the person a notice (in pursuance of section 73(7)) of the Chief Inspector's decision to cancel the person's registration, and
b
the time within which an appeal under section 74 may be brought has not expired or, if such an appeal has been brought, it has not been determined.
S. 70A inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 4 para. 38; S.I. 2014/889, arts. 3(m), 7(e)