The Day Care and Child Minding (Inspections) (Prescribed Matters) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Made4th March 2005

Laid before Parliament10th March 2005

Coming into force1st April 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 79Q of the Children Act 19891, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Day Care and Child Minding (Inspections) (Prescribed Matters) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

Intervals for inspection2.

In regulation 3 of the Day Care and Child Minding (Inspections) (Prescribed Matters) (England) Regulations 20012 there shall be substituted for the words “2 years” the words “within 3 years of the last inspection”.

Margaret Hodge

Minister of State

Department for Education and Skills

4th March 2005

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Day Care and Child Minding (Inspections) (Prescribed Matters) (England) Regulations 2001 by changing the interval at which child minding or day care is to be inspected from 2 years to within 3 years of the last inspection.