The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
These Regulations amend the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2008 (“the Principal Regulations”). Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations prescribes the periods during which an English local authority must ensure that prescribed early years provision is available free of charge. The effect of the amendment to regulation 3 is to increase the amount of free early years provision which a local authority must secure for each child to 570 hours per year, which must be available over a minimum of 38 weeks during the year. This free early years provision is available to a child for the 2 years prior to the child attaining compulsory school age. A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website.