PART 4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT

Statement of purpose15

1

The registered person must compile in relation to the child minding or provision of day care for which the person is registered, a statement on paper (“the statement of purpose”) which must consist of–

a

a statement of aims and objectives;

b

a statement as to the age-range, sex and number of children for whom care is intended to be provided by the registered person and as to the range of needs that the person intends to meet;

c

a statement as to the facilities and services to be provided or made available to relevant children;

d

a statement as to the activities to be provided and as to the language or languages through which the activities will be provided; and

e

a statement of the terms and conditions upon which care is provided to relevant children when the registered person acts as a child minder or provides day care, as the case may be.

2

Subject to paragraph (3) the registered person must ensure that he or she acts as a child minder or that day care is provided, as the case may be, in a manner which is consistent with the statement of purpose.

3

Nothing in paragraph (2) or in regulation 37 requires or authorises the registered person to contravene or not to comply with–

a

any other provision of these Regulations; or

b

the conditions for the time being in force in relation to the registration of the registered person under Part 2 of the Measure.

4

The registered person must—

a

keep under review, and, where appropriate, revise the statement of purpose; and

b

whenever practicable notify the appropriate office of any such revision at least 28 days before it is to take effect.