United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

"the Act" means the Children Act 1989;

"child care category" means each one of the five categories of child minding and day care provision set out in the national standards documents;

"national standards" means the standards numbered 1 to 14 set out in each of the national standards documents;

"national standards document" means a document published by the Department for Education and Employment listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

"parent", in relation to a child, includes any person - 

(a) who is not his parent but who has parental responsibility for him, or

(b) who has care of him;

"person in charge" means in relation to day care the individual appointed by the registered person as the person in charge of providing actual day care on the premises;

"registered person" means a person registered under Part XA of the Act as a child minder or a provider of day care;

"supporting criteria" means the criteria set out in respect of each national standard in each national standards document.

"National Standards for Under Eights' Day Care and Child Minding Child Minding" ISBN 1 84185 515 4

"National Standards for Under Eights' Day Care and Child Minding Full Day Care" ISBN 1 84185 516 2

"National Standards for Under Eights' Day Care and Child Minding Out of School" ISBN 1 84185 517 0

"National Standards for Under Eights' Day Care and Child Minding Creches" ISBN 1 84185 518 9

"National Standards for Under Eights' Day Care and Child Minding Sessional Care" ISBN 1 84185 519 7

(a) any person looking after children on the premises, or

(b) any person living or employed on the premises.

    (2) The information to be provided is the new person's date of birth, full name, any former names or aliases and home address.

     2.  - (1) In the case of day care, a change of the following persons - 

(a) any person in charge,

(b) anyone looking after children on the premises,

(c) anyone living or working on the premises (provided that persons are not to be treated as working on the premises for the purposes of this paragraph if none of their work is done in the part of the premises in which children are looked after or if they do not work on the premises at times when children are looked after there), and

(d) where the day care is provided by a partnership, committee or corporate or unincorporate body, the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer (or person holding a comparable position in the organisation).

    (2) The information to be provided is the new person's date of birth, full name, any former names or aliases used by them and home address.

     3. Any change in the name or home address of the registered person or those persons described in paragraph 1(1) or paragraph 2(1)(a) to (c).

     4. Any change in the child care category applicable to a registered person.

     5. Any change in the address of the premises.

     6. In the case of day care, any change in the facilities to be used for day care on the premises, including changes to the number of rooms, their functions, the numbers of lavatories and washbasins, any separate facilities for adult workers and access to the premises for cars.

     8. Any change in the hours during which day care or child minding is provided.

     9. The outbreak at the premises of any infectious disease which in the opinion of any registered medical practitioner attending a child or other person at the premises is sufficiently serious to be so notified or of any serious injury to, or serious illness of, or the death of, any child or other person on the premises.

     10. Any allegations of serious harm against a child committed by any person looking after children at the premises, or by any person living, working or employed on the premises, or any abuse alleged to have taken place at the premises.

     11. Any other event which may affect the suitability of the registered person to look after children or the suitability of any person living, working or employed on the premises to be in regular contact with children.

     12. Any other significant event which is likely to affect the welfare of any child on the premises.