The Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009

Prescribed persons under section 99(3)(b) of the Act

6.  The following are prescribed persons for the purposes of section 99(3)(b) of the Act—

(a) the Chief Inspector;

(b) a local authority providing financial assistance under section 8 of the Act (powers of local authority in relation to the provision of childcare)(1) in respect of the early years provision, if different from the local authority prescribed by regulation 5; and

(c) the proprietor(2) of a school at which the child is a registered pupil(3).

(1)

Section 8 of the Act gives an English local authority powers in relation to the provision of childcare, including power to provide financial assistance to a childcare provider.

(2)

The “proprietor” of a school is defined in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996.

(3)

See section 106 of the Act and section 434(5) of the Education Act 1996 for the definition of “registered pupil”.