Securing training for child minding, CA 1989 s.79S
Welsh Assembly (now Welsh Ministers) may arrange training for child minders and day care providers in Wales, with additional functions set out in regulations.
The Assembly may secure the provision of training for persons who provide or assist in providing child minding or day care, or intend to do so. In relation to child minding and day care provided in Wales, the Assembly shall have any additional function specified in regulations made by the Assembly; . . .
Text in force at .
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What it actually says
This provision allows the Welsh Assembly (now the Welsh Ministers) to arrange training for people who provide or help with child minding or day care in Wales, as well as for those who intend to do so. It also requires the Assembly to carry out any extra tasks that are specified in regulations it makes itself. The term 'child minding' and 'day care' refer to the care of children under eight, as defined elsewhere in the Act.
When it applies
- A local authority in Wales wants to organise a free training course for childminders to improve safety standards.
- A person planning to start a day care nursery in Cardiff asks the Welsh Ministers to fund their required qualification.
- The Welsh Government issues regulations requiring all registered childminders to complete a first-aid training module.
- A childminding assistant seeks a training place arranged by the Assembly to help with a child who has special needs.
What this section does not say
- That the provision gives individuals the right to demand training – it only gives the Assembly a power to arrange it, not an obligation to provide it to everyone.
- That it covers England – the provision applies only to Wales; equivalent functions in England are dealt with by the Chief Inspector under sections 79N and 79Q.
- That it sets out specific training content or requirements – only general enabling power; details come from regulations made separately.
- That it overrides local authorities’ own training responsibilities – local authorities still have their own duties under section 79V.
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