The Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemptions from Learning and Development Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 No. 2463

Amendments to the Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemptions from Learning and Development Requirements) Regulations 2008

4.  For regulation 2 (power of the Secretary of State to confer exemptions), substitute—

“2.   The Secretary of State may direct that the learning and development requirements(1) apply with modifications, or do not apply—

(a) in respect of a particular early years provider, in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 3, and to the extent prescribed in regulation 4; and

(b) in respect of a particular description of early years providers, in the circumstance prescribed in regulation 4A, and to the extent prescribed in regulation 4B.”.

(1)

See section 39(1)(a) of the Act for the meaning of “learning and development requirements”. Section 41 of the Act makes further provision about the content of the learning and development requirements.