Legislation – Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010

PART 1
CHILD POVERTY, PLAY AND PARTICIPATION

CHAPTER 1 ERADICATING CHILD POVERTY

1 Broad aims for contributing to the eradication of child poverty

2 Strategies for contributing to the eradication of child poverty

3 Strategies prepared by the Welsh Ministers

4 Strategies prepared by local authorities …

5 Strategies prepared by other Welsh authorities

6 The Welsh authorities

7 Local authority duty to secure the availability of free childcare

8 Parental support services: powers of a local authority

9 Health support services: powers of a local authority

10 Regulations about services to tackle child poverty

CHAPTER 2 PLAY AND PARTICIPATION

11 Local authority duties in respect of play opportunities for children

12 Participation of children in local authority decision making

CHAPTER 3 INSPECTION, GUIDANCE AND DIRECTIONS

14 Powers of entry

15 Powers of inspection

16 Power to require information

PART 2
CHILD MINDING AND DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN

19 Meaning of “child minding” and “day care for children”

20 Register of child minders

21 Duty of child minders to register

22 Register of providers of day care for children

23 Duty of day care providers to register

24 Applications for registration: child minding

25 Prescribed requirements for registration as a child minder

26 Applications for registration: day care for children

27 Prescribed requirements for registration of providers of day care for children

28 Entry on the register and certificates

29 Conditions on registration

30 Regulations governing activities

31 Cancellation of registration

32 Suspension of registration

33 Voluntary removal from the register

34 Protection of children in an emergency: cancellation of registration

35 Protection of children in an emergency: changes to conditions

36 Procedure for taking certain steps

38 Disqualification from registration

39 Consequences of disqualification

41 Powers of entry

42 Powers of inspection

43 Power of constable to assist in exercising powers of entry

44 Supply of information to the Welsh Ministers

45 Supply of information to local authorities

46 Offence of making false or misleading statement

47 Penalty notices

48 Penalty notices: supplementary provisions

49 Time limit for proceedings

50 Offences by bodies corporate

51 Unincorporated associations

52 Functions of local authorities

54 Co-operation between authorities

56 Death of registered person

PART 3
INTEGRATED FAMILY SUPPORT TEAMS

57 Establishment of integrated family support teams

58 Functions of integrated family support teams

59 Resources for integrated family support teams

60 Composition of integrated family support teams

61 Establishment of integrated family support boards

62 Functions of integrated family support boards

63 Regulations about integrated family support teams and boards

64 Annual reports on integrated family support teams

65 Guidance about integrated family support teams

PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

66 Family social work standards officers

67 Children’s needs arising from community care needs of their parents

68 Children’s needs arising from the health conditions of their parents

69 Social services functions

71 General interpretation

72 Minor and consequential amendments

74 Orders and regulations

75 Commencement

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

SCHEDULE 2 REPEALS

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PART 2CHILD MINDING AND DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN

Main terms

19Meaning of “child minding” and “day care for children”

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

(2)

A person acts as a child minder if the person looks after one or more children under the age of F1twelve on domestic premises for reward; and “child minding” is to be interpreted accordingly.

(3)

A person provides day care for children if the person provides care at any time for children under the age of F2twelve on premises other than domestic premises; and “day care for children” and “day care” are to be interpreted accordingly.

(4)

The Welsh Ministers may by order—

(a)

amend subsection (2) or (3) to substitute a different age;

(b)

provide that, in the circumstances specified in the order, a person is not acting as a child minder for the purposes of this Part;

(c)

provide that, in the circumstances specified in the order, a person is not providing day care for the purposes of this Part.

(5)

The circumstances specified in an order may relate to one or more of the following matters (among others)—

(a)

the person providing the child minding or day care;

(b)

the child or the children for whom it is provided;

(c)

the nature of the child minding or day care;

(d)

the premises on which it is provided;

(e)

the times during which it is provided;

(f)

the arrangements under which it is provided.

(6)

In this section “domestic premises” means any premises which are wholly or mainly used as a private dwelling.