Chapter 5 of Part 3: Common provisions
Paragraphs 22 to 24 amend Chapter 5 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (common provisions), which includes provisions relating to the cancellation and suspension of a childcare provider’s registration and the interpretation of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, to reflect the amendments made to Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 by this Schedule.
	Paragraph 22 amends the Chief Inspector’s powers in subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section 68 of the Childcare Act 2006 (cancellation of registration in a childcare register: early years and later years providers) to cancel the registration of a person registered as a an early years or a later years childminder with or without domestic premises in the early years register or in Part A of the general childcare register under Chapters 2 or 3 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, or as a childminder with or without domestic premises in Part B of the general childcare register under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, as follows:
where a person is registered as a "childminder with domestic premises", the Chief Inspector may cancel the person’s registration where the person has not provided any childminding on domestic premises for a period of more than three years, and
where a person is registered as a "childminder without domestic premises", the Chief Inspector may cancel the person’s registration where the person has not provided any childminding on non-domestic premises for a period of more than three years.
	Paragraph 23 amends the Chief Inspector’s powers in subsections (3) and (4) of section 69 of the Childcare Act 2006 (suspension of registration in a childcare register: early years and later years providers) to ensure the Chief Inspector’s powers to suspend the registration of a person registered as an early years childminder in the early years register under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, or as a later years childminder in Part A of the general childcare register under Chapter 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, apply to persons registered under Chapters 2 and 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 as early years or later years childminder with or without domestic premises.
	Paragraph 24 amends section 98 of the Childcare Act 2006 (interpretation of Part 3). Subparagraph (2) amends the definition of "domestic premises" in section 98(1) to also define "non-domestic premises". Subparagraph (3) inserts a new section 98(1B) to provide definitions for references in Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 to persons registered as early years and as later years childminders with and without domestic premises.