The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/301
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st September 2010.

Section 2 Amendment to the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2008

The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2008 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment to the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2008

For regulation 3, substitute—

Prescribed Periods

(3)

(1) For the purposes of section 7(1) of the Act, an English local authority must secure that prescribed early years provision is available for each young child for a period of 570 hours in any year and during no fewer than 38 weeks in any year.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the first year commences on the date referred to in regulation 4(2) applicable to the child in question, and subsequent years commence on the anniversary of that date.