200.This section provides that the registration authority can apply to the Magistrates’ court for an emergency order in respect of a registered childminder or day care provider where the registration authority believes that a child in their care is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm. The order may cancel the person’s registration, vary or remove a condition of registration, or impose a new condition of registration with immediate effect.
Commentary on Sections Part Vi – Child Minding and Day Care for Young Children Section 79K Protection of children in an emergency