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Care Standards Act 2000

Section 79D Requirement to register

194.This section requires child minders and day care providers to register with HMCIS in order to operate in England, or with the National Assembly in order to operate in Wales. It also empowers, but does not require, the registration authorities to serve an enforcement notice on an unregistered childminder. It is offence to act, without reasonable excuse, as an unregistered childminder whilst the notice is in effect. It is also an offence to act as an unregistered day care provider. Offences under this section will carry a fine of up to level 5 on the standard scale.

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