Children Act 1989

F179P Early years child care inspectorate.E+W

(1)The Chief Inspector shall establish and maintain a register of early years child care inspectors for England.

(2)The register may be combined with the register maintained for England under paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 26 to the M1School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (register of nursery education inspectors).

(3)Paragraphs 8(2) [F2to (8)], 9(1) to (4), 10 and 11 of that Schedule shall apply in relation to the register of early years child care inspectors as they apply in relation to the register maintained for England under paragraph 8(1) of that Schedule, but with the modifications set out in subsection (4).

(4)In the provisions concerned—

(a)references to registered nursery education inspectors shall be read as references to registered early years child care inspectors;

(b)references to inspections under paragraph 6 of that Schedule shall be read as references to inspections under section 79Q (and references to the functions of a registered nursery education inspector under paragraph 6 shall be interpreted accordingly);

(c)references to the registration of a person under paragraph 6 of that Schedule shall be read as references to the registration of a person under subsection (1) (and references to applications made under paragraph 6 shall be interpreted accordingly); [F3and

(d)in paragraph 10(2), for the words from “to a tribunal" to the end there shall be substituted “to the Tribunal established under section 9 of the M2Protection of Children Act 1999."]

(5)Registered early years child care inspectors are referred to below in this Part as registered inspectors.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 79P inserted ((E.) 2.7.2001 and 2.9.2002 for certain purposes otherwise prosp. and (W.) 1.4.2002) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 79(1), 122; S.I. 2001/2041, art. 2(1)(a)(2)(3) (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2002/2215, art. 3)); S.I. 2002/920, art. 3(3)(b) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 1-3); S.I. 2002/2215, art. 2

F2Words in s. 79P(3) substituted (2.9.2002 (E.)) by 2002 c. 32, ss. 155, 216, Sch. 14 para. 4 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4

F3S. 79P(4)(d) and preceding word repealed (1.9.2004 for W. and otherwise prosp.) by 2002 c. 32, ss. 215(2), 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2004/1728, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2

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