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Registration of child mindingW20Register of child mindersWThe Welsh Ministers must maintain a register (“the child minders register”) of all persons who are registered as child minders under this Part.
21Duty of child minders to registerW(1)A person must not act as a child minder in Wales unless that person is registered as a child minder by the Welsh Ministers under this Part.
(b)by sending it by post to the person's last known address.
Registration of day care for childrenW22Register of providers of day care for childrenWThe Welsh Ministers must maintain a register (“the day care for children register”) of all persons who are registered to provide day care for children under this Part and of the premises on which they are authorised to provide it under this Part.
23Duty of day care providers to registerW(1)A person must not provide day care for children on any premises in Wales unless that person is registered to provide day care for children on those premises by the Welsh Ministers under this Part.
Process and requirements of registrationW24Applications for registration: child mindingW(1)A person who proposes to act as a child minder may make an application to the Welsh Ministers for registration as a child minder.
25Prescribed requirements for registration as a child minderWThe prescribed requirements for registration as a child minder may include requirements relating to—
26Applications for registration: day care for childrenW(1)A person who proposes to provide day care for children on particular premises may make an application to the Welsh Ministers for registration as a provider of day care on those premises.
27Prescribed requirements for registration of providers of day care for childrenWThe prescribed requirements for registration of providers of day care for children may include requirements relating to—
28Entry on the register and certificatesW(1)If an application under section 24(1) is granted, the Welsh Ministers must—
29Conditions on registrationW(1)The Welsh Ministers may impose such conditions as they think fit on the registration under this Part of a person who acts as a child minder or a person who provides day care for children.
30Regulations governing activitiesW(1)The Welsh Ministers may make regulations governing the activities of registered persons who act as child minders, or provide day care, on premises in Wales.
Cancellation and suspension of registrationW31Cancellation of registrationW(1)The Welsh Ministers must cancel the registration of a person registered under this Part if it appears to them that the person has become disqualified from registration under section 38.
(a)the requirements for registration that apply in relation to the person's registration under section 25 or 27 have ceased, or will cease, to be satisfied;
(b)the person has failed to comply with a condition imposed on that person's registration under this Part;
(3)Where a requirement to make any changes or additions to any services, equipment or premises has been imposed on a person registered under this Part, that person's registration may not be cancelled on the ground of any defect or insufficiency in the services, equipment or premises if—
32Suspension of registrationW(1)Regulations may provide for the registration of any person under this Part to be suspended.
33Voluntary removal from the registerW(1)A person registered under this Part may give notice to the Welsh Ministers to remove that person from the child minding register or (as the case may be) the day care for children register.
Emergency protectionW34Protection of children in an emergency: cancellation of registrationW(1)In relation to a person registered under this Part, the Welsh Ministers may apply to a justice of the peace for an order cancelling the person's registration.
(b)sending them by post to the person's last known address.
35Protection of children in an emergency: changes to conditionsW(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
Procedural safeguardsW36Procedure for taking certain stepsW(1)This section applies if the Welsh Ministers propose to take any of the following steps under this Part—
37AppealsW(1)An applicant for registration or (as the case may be) a registered person may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against the taking of any of the following steps by the Welsh Ministers under this Part—
Disqualification from registrationW38Disqualification from registrationW(1)In this section “registration” means registration under this Part.
(c)an order of a prescribed kind has been made at any time with respect to a child who has been in the person's care;
(j)the person's rights and powers with respect to a child have at any time been vested in a prescribed authority under a prescribed enactment.
39Consequences of disqualificationW(1)A person who is disqualified from registration under this Part by regulations under section 38 must not—
InspectionW40InspectionW(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision—
InformationW44Supply of information to the Welsh MinistersWThe Welsh Ministers may at any time require any person registered under this Part to provide them with any information connected with the person's activities as a child minder or in providing day care which the Welsh Ministers consider it necessary to have for the purposes of their functions under this Part.
45Supply of information to local authoritiesW(1)The Welsh Ministers must provide prescribed information to the relevant local authority, if they take any of the following steps under this Part—
Offences, criminal proceedings and fixed penaltiesW46Offence of making false or misleading statementW(1)A person commits an offence if, in an application for registration under this Part, that person knowingly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.
47Penalty noticesW(1)Where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a person has committed a fixed penalty offence, they may give the person a penalty notice in respect of the offence.
48Penalty notices: supplementary provisionsW(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about any of the following—
49Time limit for proceedingsW(1)Proceedings for an offence under this Part or regulations made under it may be brought within a period of one year from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings comes to the prosecutor's knowledge.
50Offences by bodies corporateW(1)This section applies where any offence under this Part is committed by a body corporate.
51Unincorporated associationsW(1)Proceedings for an offence under this Part which is alleged to have been committed by an unincorporated association must be brought in the name of the association (and not in the name of any of its members).
MiscellaneousW52Functions of local authoritiesWRegulations may require a local authority to secure the provision—
53FeesW(1)Regulations may require persons registered under this Part to pay to the Welsh Ministers at or by prescribed times fees of the prescribed amounts in respect of the discharge by the Welsh Ministers of their functions under this Part.
54Co-operation between authoritiesW(1)If it appears to the Welsh Ministers that any local authority could, by taking any specified action, help in the exercise of any of their functions under this Part, they may request the help of the authority, specifying the action in question.
55NoticesW(1)This section applies in relation to notices required or authorised to be given to any person by any of the following—
(a)the person to whom the notice is required or authorised to be given must have indicated to the Welsh Ministers that person's willingness to receive notices transmitted by electronic means and provided an address suitable for that purpose, and
56Death of registered personW(1)Regulations may—
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