Part 3E+WRegulation of Provision of Childcare in England

Chapter 5E+WCommon provisions

Reports and informationE+W

83Supply of information to [F1the Secretary of State,] HMRC and local authorities [F2by the Chief Inspector]E+W

(1)The Chief Inspector must provide prescribed information to [F3the Secretary of State,] Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, and the relevant local authority, if he takes any of the following steps under this Part—

(a)grants a person's application for registration;

(b)gives notice of his intention to cancel a person's registration;

(c)cancels a person's registration;

(d)suspends a person's registration;

(e)removes a person from the register at that person's request.

(2)The Chief Inspector must also provide prescribed information to [F3the Secretary of State,] Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, and the relevant local authority, if an order is made under section 72(2).

(3)The information which may be prescribed for the purposes of this section is—

(a)in the case of information to be provided to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, information which Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may require for the purposes of their functions in relation to tax credits;

[F4(aa)in the case of information to be provided to the Secretary of State, information which the Secretary of State may require for the purposes of the Secretary of State’s functions in relation to universal credit;]

(b)in the case of information to be provided to the relevant local authority, information which would assist the local authority in the discharge of their functions under section 12.

(4)In this section, “the relevant local authority” means the English local authority for the area in which [F5

(a)]the person provides (or, as the case may be, has provided) the early years provision or later years provision in respect of which he is (or was) registered.[F6;

(b)registered premises of the early years childminder agency or later years childminder agency are (or, as the case may be, were) located.]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 83 inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 4 para. 52(3); S.I. 2014/889, arts. 3(m), 7(e)

F5Word in s. 83(4) inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 4 para. 52(2)(a); S.I. 2014/889, arts. 3(m), 7(e)

F6S. 83(4)(b) inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 4 para. 52(2)(b); S.I. 2014/889, arts. 3(m), 7(e)

Commencement Information

I1S. 83 in force at 20.12.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/3360, art. 2(d)

I2S. 83 in force at 6.4.2007 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4