F179Q Inspection of provision of child minding and day care in England.E+W
(1)The Chief Inspector may at any time require any registered person to provide him with any information connected with the person’s activities as a child minder, or provision of day care, which the Chief Inspector considers it necessary to have for the purposes of his functions under this Part.
(2)The Chief Inspector shall [F2at prescribed intervals inspect, or secure the inspection by a registered inspector of, any child minding provided in England by a registered person].
(3)The Chief Inspector shall [F3at prescribed intervals inspect, or secure the inspection by a registered inspector of, any day care provided by a registered person on any premises in England].
(4)The Chief Inspector may comply with subsection (2) or (3) either by organising inspections or by making arrangements with others for them to organise inspections.
(5)In prescribing the intervals mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) the Secretary of State may make provision as to the period within which the first inspection of child minding or day care provided by any person or at any premises is to take place.
[F4(5A)Regulations may make provision requiring a registered person, except in prescribed cases, to notify prescribed persons of the fact that any child minding or day care provided by the registered person is to be inspected under this section.]
(6)A person conducting an inspection under this section shall report on the quality and standards of the child minding or day care provided.
(7)The Chief Inspector may arrange for an inspection conducted by a registered inspector under this section to be monitored by another registered inspector.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 79Q inserted ((E.) 16.3.2001 and 2.7.2001 for certain purposes otherwise 2.9.2002 and (W.) 1.7.2001 for certain purposes otherwise 1.4.2002) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 79(1), 122; S.I. 2001/1210, art. 2(a)(vii)(viii) S.I. 2001/2041, art. 2(1)(a)(2) (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch.); S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2002/920, art. 3(3)(b) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 1-3)
F2Words in s. 79Q(2) substituted (2.9.2002 (E.) and otherwise prosp.) by 2002 c. 32, ss. 152, 216, Sch. 13 para. 4(2) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4
F3Words in s. 79Q(3) substituted (2.9.2002 (E.) and otherwise prosp.) by 2002 c. 32, ss. 152, 216, Sch. 13 para. 4(3) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4
F4S. 79Q(5A) inserted (1.8.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 3(6) (with s. 119); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 2