208.Subsection (1) provides for the Assembly to provide training to assist day care providers and childminders. Subsection (2) provides a parallel power to that in section 79N (5) so that the Assembly may, by regulation, confer additional functions on itself, but only where that function has already been conferred on HMCIS by the Secretary of State.
Commentary on Sections Part Vi – Child Minding and Day Care for Young Children Section 79S  General functions of the Assembly