Chapter 4 of Part 3: Voluntary registration
Paragraphs 17 to 21 amend Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (voluntary registration), which provides for the voluntary registration of early years and later years provision which is not required to be registered under Chapters 2 or 3 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, and later years provision for children aged eight and above ("exempt provision").
	Paragraph 17 amends section 62 of the Childcare Act 2006 (applications for registration on the general register: childminders) to enable a person who proposes to provide exempt provision that is early years or later years childminding where some or all of the childminding is provided on domestic premises to make an application to the Chief Inspector for registration in Part B of the general childcare register as a "childminder with domestic premises".
	Paragraph 18 amends section 63 of the Childcare Act 2006 (applications for registration on the general register: other childcare providers). It substitutes subsection (1) with new subsections (A1) and (1), enabling a person who provides exempt provision, other than childminding where some or all of the childminding is provided on domestic premises and in respect of which an application for registration can be made under the amended section 62, to make an application in any case to the Chief Inspector for registration in Part B of the general childcare register as a "provider of childcare other than a childminder" or, where the provision is early or later years childminding where none of the provision is on domestic premises, as a "childminder without domestic premises".
	The new subsection (1)(a) makes it clear that a person can make an application to register as a "provider of childcare other than a childminder" even if the provision is or includes childminding where none of the childminding is on domestic premises. The wording at the end of the new subsection (1)(b) makes it clear that a person can choose to register separately as both a "provider of childcare other than a childminder" under the new section subsection (1)(a) and as a "childminder without domestic premises" under the new subsection (1)(b).
	Paragraph 19 amends section 64 of the Childcare Act 2006 (entry on the register and certificates) and inserts a new subsection (2A). These amendments ensure the Chief Inspector is under a duty to register a person correctly, and to give to 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 62(1) and the new sections 63(1)(a) and (b).
	Paragraphs 20 and 21 amend section 65 (procedure for persons already registered in a childcare register) and section 65A (procedure for providers registered with a childminder agency) of the Childcare Act 2006 to provide that:
a person registered with the Chief Inspector in the early years register or in Part A of the general childcare register, or with a childminder agency, as an early years or a later years "childminder with domestic premises" under Chapters 2 or 3 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, who proposes to provide exempt provision that is childminding where some or all of the childminding is on domestic premises, may use the special procedures in sections 65(1) and 65A(1) to voluntarily register with the Chief Inspector in Part B of the general childcare register or, as the case may be, with their childminder agency, as a "childminder with domestic premises", and
a person registered with the Chief Inspector in the early years register or in Part A of the general childcare register, or with a childminder agency, as an early years or a later years "childminder without domestic premises" under Chapters 2 or 3 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, who proposes to provide exempt provision that is childminding where none of the childminding is on domestic premises, may use the special procedures in sections 65(1) and 65A(1) to voluntarily register with the Chief Inspector in Part B of the general childcare register or, as the case may be, with their childminder agency, as a "childminder without domestic premises".