Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Annual Fees) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/1886
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(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.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Children Act 1989.

Section 3 Registration

(1) The prescribed fee for the purposes of section 79F(1)(b) of the Act (child minding) is £14.00.

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

(a) £121.00, where the applicant provides or is to provide day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in any day;

(b) £14.00, where the applicant does not provide or is not to provide day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in any day.

Section 4 Annual fees

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

(a) £11.00, in the case of a child minder;

(b) £94.00, in the case of a provider of day care for a continuous period of four hours or more in any day;

(c) £11.00, 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.

Section 5 Fee payable for issue of copy certificate where original has been lost or destroyed

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 £5.