s 10 Charges where local authority provide childcare
(1) An English local authority may enter into an agreement under which payments are made to the authority for the provision by the authority of childcare for a child. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply— (a) to childcare provided in pursuance of the duty imposed by section 7, or (b) to childcare provided under section 18(1) or (5) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) (day care for children in need), provision as to charges for such care being made by section 29 of that Act.