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2001 No. 1886
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND
Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Annual Fees) Regulations 2001

	Made	14th May 2001
	Laid before Parliament	14th May 2001
	Coming into force	2nd July 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 79F(1)(b) and (2)(b) and 104(4) of, and paragraphs 6(4) and 7 of Schedule 9A to, the Children Act 1989[1], the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Annual Fees) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.

    (2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

Interpretation
     2. In these Regulations "the Act" means the Children Act 1989.

Registration
     3. - (1) The prescribed fee for the purposes of section 79F(1)(b) of the Act (child minding) is Ł14.00.

    (2) The prescribed fee for the purposes of section 79F(2)(b) of the Act (day care) is -

Annual fees
4. - (1) The following fees are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to the Act (annual fee) -

(a) Ł11.00, in the case of a child minder;

(b) Ł94.00, in the case of a provider of day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in any day;

(c) Ł11.00, in the case of a provider of day care who does not provide day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in any day.

(2) The fee is payable annually on the anniversary of registration for child minding or providing day care.

Fee payable for issue of copy certificate where original has been lost or destroyed
5. The prescribed fee for the issue of a copy certificate of registration for child minding or providing day care under paragraph 6(4) of Schedule 9A to the Act is Ł5.

Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment

14th May 2001

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the fees under section 79F of the Children Act 1989 in relation to registration for child minding or providing day care.

"Child minding" is defined in section 79A(2) of that Act, subject to the following subsections of that section, as looking after one or more children under the age of eight on domestic premises for reward.

"Day care" is defined in section 79A(6) of that Act as care provided at any time for children under the age of eight on premises other than domestic premises.

The Regulations also prescribe the annual fees to be paid by child minders and those providing day care under paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to the Children Act 1989 and the time at which they should be paid. They also prescribe the fee payable for a replacement certificate where the original has been lost or destroyed.

The old fees payable under the Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Inspection Fees) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2076 as amended by S.I. 1996/3180) are set out in column 1 of the following table and the new fees under these Regulations are set out in column 2.

TABLE

     (1) (2)

     Old Fee New Fee

     Ł Ł

Registration as a childminder 12.50 14.00

Registration as a provider of day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in a day 110.00 121.00

Registration as a provider of day care for less than a continuous period of four hours in a day 12.50 14.00

Inspection fee/Annual fee for a childminder 10.00 11.00

Inspection fee/Annual fee for a provider of day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in a day 85.00 94.00

Inspection fee/Annual fee for a provider of day care for less than a continuous period of four hours in a day 10.00 11.00

Fee for a replacement certificate 5.00 5.00

Notes:

[1] 1989 c. 41. Section 79F was inserted by section 79(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) and Schedule 9A was inserted by Schedule 3 to that Act. For the meaning of "prescribed" see section 105(1) of the 1989 Act and for the meaning of "regulations" see section 79B(7) of that Act (inserted by section 79(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000).back

ISBN 0 11 029536 6

Prepared 31 May 2001

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	(1)	(2)
	Old Fee	New Fee
	Ł	Ł
Registration as a childminder	12.50	14.00
Registration as a provider of day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in a day	110.00	121.00
Registration as a provider of day care for less than a continuous period of four hours in a day	12.50	14.00
Inspection fee/Annual fee for a childminder	10.00	11.00
Inspection fee/Annual fee for a provider of day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in a day	85.00	94.00
Inspection fee/Annual fee for a provider of day care for less than a continuous period of four hours in a day	10.00	11.00
Fee for a replacement certificate	5.00	5.00