Welsh Statutory Instrument
2010
Wales
Child Minding and Day Care (Wales) Regulations 2010
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What's here
2 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Part 1 — INTRODUCTORY
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Interpretation
Part 2 — APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART 2 OF THE MEASURE
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Prescribed requirements for registration
Information and documentation to accompany application for registration
Certificate of registration
Part 3 — REGISTERED PERSONS
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Registered person: suitability
Appointment of a person in charge
Person in charge: suitability
Registered person: general requirements
Notification of offences
Death of registered person
Part 4 — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT
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Requirement to comply with regulations
Compliance with regulations – more than one registered person
National minimum standards
Statement of purpose
Review of quality of care
Assessment of service
Compliance notification
Offences
Part 5 — ACTIVITIES OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER PART 2 OF THE MEASURE
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Safeguarding and promotion of welfare
Food provided for children
Arrangements for the protection of children
Behaviour management, discipline and restraint
Health needs of children
Hazards and safety
Use and storage of medicines
Staffing
Suitability of workers
Employment of staff
Keeping of records
Provision of information
Complaints
Handling complaints
Local resolution
Formal consideration
Complaints subject to concurrent consideration
Fitness of premises
Fire precautions
Part 6 — SUSPENSION OF A PERSON'S REGISTRATION UNDER PART 2 OF THE MEASURE
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Interpretation
Power to suspend registration
Period of suspension
Notification of suspension, etc
Notice provisions
Lifting of suspension
Rights of appeal
Voluntary suspension
Part 7 — AMENDMENT, REVOCATION AND SAVING
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Amendment of the 2002 Regulations
Revocation
Saving
Schedules
Documents to be supplied
- Provide birth certificates for applicant, responsible individual, and person in charge
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a report by a registered...
- Provide medical fitness report for childminding registration
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Interpretation
Every person mentioned in paragraph 8 is physically and mentally...
An enhanced criminal record certificate has been obtained in respect...
Where appropriate, each person mentioned in paragraph 8 is registered...
Requirements relating to other persons: all other persons
Requirements relating to the applicant: an individual
The applicant is of suitable integrity and good character to...
The applicant is not disqualified.
The applicant has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary to...
The applicant is physically and mentally fit to look after...
The applicant has provided to the Welsh Ministers an enhanced...
Requirements relating to the applicant
Where appropriate, the applicant has registered with the ISA and...
Requirements relating to the responsible individual where the applicant is an organisation
The responsible individual has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary...
The responsible individual is physically and mentally fit to undertake...
The applicant has provided to the Welsh Ministers an enhanced...
Where appropriate, the responsible individual has registered with the ISA...
Requirements relating to the person in charge
The person in charge is of suitable integrity and good...
The person in charge has the qualifications, skills and experience...
The person in charge is physically and mentally fit to...
The applicant is not disqualified.
The applicant has provided to the Welsh Ministers an enhanced...
Where appropriate, the person in charge has registered with the...
Requirements relating to other persons: staff
Every person mentioned in paragraph 32 has the qualifications, skills...
Every person mentioned in paragraph 32 is physically and mentally...
An enhanced criminal record certificate has been obtained in respect...
Where appropriate, every person mentioned in paragraph 32 has registered...
Requirements relating to other persons: all other persons
The applicant has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary to...
The applicant is physically and mentally fit to look after...
The applicant has provided to the Welsh Ministers an enhanced...
Where appropriate , the applicant is registered with the ISA...
Requirements relating to other persons : staff
Every person mentioned in paragraph 8 has the qualifications, skills...
Interpretation
Information about other persons: staff
In respect of any person, other than the applicant, who...
Information about other persons: all other persons
The full name (and any alias and former name) and...
The full name (and any alias and former name) and...
Documents to be supplied
Proof of the applicant's identity, including a recent photograph.
Certificates or other suitable evidence relating to the applicant's professional...
A certificate of insurance of the applicant in respect of...
(1) A written statement made by the applicant confirming—
(1) This paragraph applies to an individual who is applying...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a report by a registered...
Interpretation
Information about the applicant: an individual
Information about the applicant: an organisation
Information about the responsible individual where the applicant is an organisation
Information about the person in charge
Information about the care provided
The statement of purpose.
The proposed hours for which the applicant wishes to register...
A description of the area in which the premises are...
Information about the care provided
A statement as to the security arrangements, including arrangements for...
Where any other business or activity is, or will be,...
The number of children for whom care is to be...
Information about other persons: staff
In respect of any person, other than the responsible individual...
Information about other persons: all other persons
For the purposes of paragraph 35 person who works on...
The full name (and any alias and former name) and...
Proof of the identity of the applicant and, where appropriate,...
The statement of purpose.
Certificates or other suitable evidence relating to the professional or...
A certificate of insurance of the applicant in respect of...
(1) A written statement made by the applicant confirming—
Where the applicant is an organisation, copies of the last...
Where the organisation is a subsidiary of a holding company,...
The last annual accounts of the organisation, if any.
The proposed hours for which the applicant wishes to register...
A description of the area in which the premises are...
A statement as to the security arrangements, including arrangements for...
Whether any other business or activity is, or will be,...
The number of children who will be looked after, and...
The name, address and telephone number of the registered person,...
A statement of the procedure to be followed in the...
A statement of the procedure to be followed where a...
A statement of the arrangements in place for the protection...
A statement of the procedure to be followed in the...
The name, home address and telephone number of every current...
The name, home address and telephone number of any other...
The name, home address, date of birth and sex of...
In respect of each relevant child, the name, address and...
In respect of each relevant child, the name and address...
A daily record of the names of the relevant children,...
A record of accidents, serious illness and other significant events...
A record of any medicinal product administered to a relevant...
Any special dietary or health needs or allergy of any...
(1) In the case of child minding, a change of...
Any other significant event which is likely to affect the...
(1) In the case of day care, a change of...
Any change— (a) in the name or home address of...
Any change in the type of care provided by a...
In the case of day care, any change in the...
Any change in the hours during which day care or...
The outbreak at the relevant premises of any infectious disease,...
Any allegations of serious harm to a child committed by...
Any other event which may affect the suitability of the...
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the 2002 Regulations—
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Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Register new childcare sites with Ofsted (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Care Inspectorate Wales
Registers and inspects social care and childcare services in Wales. Regulates care homes, domiciliary care, children's homes, and childminders.
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