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Amendment of section 58A of Principal Act
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4. Section 58A of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in the definition of “early years service”—
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(i) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of “or”,
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(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “service, or” for “service;”, and
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(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
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“(c) a childminding service;”,
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and
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(b) by the insertion of the following definitions:
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“ ‘childminding service’ means a service that—
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(a) entails an individual taking care, by himself or herself, of children under the age of 15 years, in the home of the individual, and
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(b) is provided to children (other than that individual’s own children) for a total period of not less than 2 hours per day;
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‘closure order’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JD(1);
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‘immediate action notice’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JB(1);
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‘immediate action order’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JB(6);
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‘improvement notice’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JA(1);
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‘improvement order’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JA(6);
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‘premises’ means any premises, or part thereof, where an early years service is provided or is proposed to be provided, including the area immediately surrounding, or adjacent to, such premises which is used in conjunction with such premises, other than any part of that area that is a public place;
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‘registered provider’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58C(2);
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‘relevant person’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JD(1)(b);
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‘temporary prohibition order’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 58JC(1);”.
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