Chapter 2 of Part 3: Regulation of early years provision
Paragraphs 3 to 8 amend Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (regulation of early years provision).
	Paragraph 3 amends subsection (1) of section 33 of the Childcare Act 2006 (requirement to register: early years childminders) to require a person who provides early years childminding in England (other than early years childminding in respect of which a person is exempt from registration), where some or all of the provision is on domestic premises, to be registered with the Chief Inspector in the early years register, or with an early years childminder agency, as an "early years childminder with domestic premises".
	Paragraph 4 amends section 34 of the Childcare Act 2006 (requirement to register: other early years providers) to create a new category of early years childminder who provides all of their childminding from non-domestic premises. Subparagraph (2) substitutes subsections (1) and (1ZA) of section 34 with new subsections (1) and (1ZA).
	The new section 34(1)(a) continues to prohibit a person from providing early years provision on non-domestic premises in England (other than early years provision to which the new subsection (1ZA) applies or early years provision in respect of which a person is exempt from registration) unless the person is registered with the Chief Inspector as an "early years provider other than a childminder".
	The new section 34(1)(a) makes it clear that a person can register with the Chief Inspector as an "early years provider other than a childminder" even if the provision is or includes early years childminding where none of the childminding is on domestic premises.
	The new section 34(1)(b) provides that a person who provides early years childminding, where none of the childminding is on domestic premises, satisfies the requirement to register if they are registered with the Chief Inspector, or with an early years childminder agency, as an "early years childminder without domestic premises".
	The new subsection (1ZA) mirrors the effect of the existing subsection (1ZA), by disapplying the requirement to register in the new section 34(1)(a) (but not the new section 34(1)(b)) to early years provision in respect of which a person is required to be registered by the amended sections 33(1) (early years childminding where some or all of the childminding is on domestic premises) and 34(1A) (early years provision that would be childminding where some or all of the childminding is on domestic premises but for the operation of section 96(5) of the Childcare Act 2006) ("early years childcare on domestic premises"). Subparagraph (3) amends subsection (1A) to allow providers of early years childcare on domestic premises to spend more of their time working from non-domestic premises, by requiring them to provide at least some or all of their provision on domestic premises.
	Paragraph 5 amends section 35 of the Childcare Act 2006 (applications for registration: early years childminders) to enable a person who proposes to provide early years childminding that is required to be registered by the amended section 33(1) (early years childminding where some or all of the childminding is on domestic premises) to make an application to the Chief Inspector, or to an early years childminder agency, for registration as an "early years childminder with domestic premises". Paragraph 5 also makes consequential amendments to subsections (5)(aa) and (ab) of section 35 to make it clear that regulations made under section 35(3)(b) can prohibit a person from being registered as an "early years childminder with domestic premises" with both the Chief Inspector and an early years childminder agency, or with more than one childminder agency, (as is currently the case for early years childminders under sections 35(5) (aa) and (ab)).
	Paragraph 6 amends section 36 of the Childcare Act 2006 (applications for registration: other early years providers). Subparagraph (2) amends subsection (1), creating new subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b). The new subsection (1)(a) enables a person who proposes to provide any early years provision in respect of which they are required to be registered under the amended section 34(1)(a) (requirement to register: other early years providers) to make an application to the Chief Inspector for registration in the early years register as an early years provider other than a childminder, even where the provision is or includes early years childminding where none of the childminding is on domestic premises.
	The new subsection (1)(b) enables a person who proposes to provide early years childminding in respect of which they are required to be registered by section 34(1)(b) (early years childminding where none of the childminding is on domestic premises) to make an application to the Chief Inspector for registration in the early years register (amended section 36(1)(b)(i)), or to an early years childminder agency (amended section 36(1)(b)(ii)), for registration as an "early year childminder without domestic premises". The wording after the new subsection (1)(b)(ii) makes it clear that a person can separately register as both an early years provider other than a childminder under subsection (1)(a) and as an early years childminder without domestic premises under subsection (1)(b). Subparagraphs (3) and (4) make consequential amendments to sections 36(3), (4), and (4A). Subparagraph (5) makes a consequential amendment to section 36(5) by inserting new subparagraphs (ac) and (ad) to make it clear that regulations made under section 36(3)(b) can prohibit a person from being registered as an "early years childminder without domestic premises" with both the Chief Inspector and an early years childminder agency, or with more than one childminder agency, (as is currently the case in relation to early years childminders under sections 35(5) (aa) and (ab) and other early years providers under sections 36(5)(aa) and (ab)).
	Paragraphs 7 and 8 amend section 37 (entry on the register and certificates) and section 37A (early years childminder agencies: registers and certificates) of the Childcare Act 2006 and insert a new subsection (2A) into section 37 and a new subsection (1A) into section 37A. These amendments ensure the Chief Inspector and early years childminder agencies are under a duty to register a person correctly and to give the person a certificate of registration with prescribed information, following the granting by the Chief Inspector of an application for registration made under the amended section 35(1)(a) and the new sections 36(1)(a) and (b)(i), and the granting by an early years childminder agency of an application for registration made under the amended section 35(1)(b) and the new section 36(1)(b)(ii).