Inspections in Wales: CA 1989 s. 79T
The Welsh Assembly can require information from registered child minders and day care providers, and regulate inspections and report publication in Wales.
The Assembly may at any time require any registered person to provide it with any information connected with the person’s activities as a child minder or provision of day care which the Assembly considers it necessary to have for the purposes of its functions under this Part. The Assembly may by regulations make provision— for the inspection of . . . child minding provided in Wales by registered persons and of day care provided by registered persons on premises in Wales; for the publication of reports of the inspections in such manner as the Assembly considers appropriate. The regulations may provide for the inspections to be organised by— the Assembly; or Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, or any other person, under arrangements made with the Assembly. The regulations may provide for subsections (2) to (4) of section 29 of the Education Act 2005 to apply with modifications in relation to the publication of reports under the regulations.
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What it actually says
This provision applies to Wales. It gives the Welsh Assembly the power to ask any registered child minder or day care provider for information that the Assembly considers necessary for its functions under Part XA of the Children Act 1989.
The Assembly can also make regulations about the inspection of child minding and day care provided by registered persons in Wales. Those regulations may cover how inspections are organised and how reports of inspections are published.
The regulations may specify that inspections are organised by the Assembly, by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, or by another person under arrangements with the Assembly. The regulations may also modify how subsections (2) to (4) of section 29 of the Education Act 2005 apply to the publication of reports.
When it applies
- The Welsh Assembly asks a registered child minder for information about the number of children she cares for.
- The Welsh Assembly makes regulations setting out how inspections of day care nurseries in Wales will be conducted.
- A registered day care provider in Wales prepares for an inspection under regulations made by the Assembly.
- Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales is asked to organise inspections of child minders in Wales.
- The Assembly publishes a report of an inspection of a child minder's home in Wales.
What this section does not say
- This provision does not cover inspections of child minding or day care in England. Those are covered by section 79Q.
- It does not cover the cancellation or suspension of registration. Those are in sections 79G and 79H.
- It does not cover appeals against registration decisions. Appeals are in section 79M.
- It does not cover the general functions of the Chief Inspector in Wales. Those are in section 79N.
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