Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 3 – Regulation of Provision of Childcare in England Chapter 3: Regulation of Later Years Provision for children under 8 Section 52: Requirement to register: later years childminders for children under eight
118.This section prohibits persons from providing later years childminding for children up to the age of 8 unless they are registered in Part A of the general childcare register as childminders. There is provision for the Secretary of State to exempt providers by order from the requirement to be registered.
119.Subsection (4) sets out what happens where a person who should be registered as a later years childminder under subsection (1) fails to do so. In such cases the Chief Inspector may serve an enforcement notice on that person and that person may then be prosecuted if they continue to care for children without being registered (see subsection (7)). The notice will stay in effect until revoked by the Chief Inspector.