198 Arrangements for children's centres
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (2009 c 22) | Legislation

Children's centres

198  Arrangements for children's centres

In Part 1 of the Childcare Act 2006 (c 21) (functions of local authorities in England in relation to children) after section 5 insert—

“Children's centres
5A Arrangements for provision of children's centres

(1)     Arrangements made by an English local authority under section 3(2) must, so far as is reasonably practicable, include arrangements for sufficient provision of children's centres to meet local need.

(2)     “Local need” is the need of parents, prospective parents and young children in the authority's area.

(3)     In determining what provision of children's centres is sufficient to meet local need, an authority may have regard to any children's centres—

(a)     that are provided outside the authority's area, or

(b)     that the authority expect to be provided outside their area.

(4)     For the purposes of this Part and Part 3A a “children's centre” is a place, or a group of places—

(a)     which is managed by or on behalf of, or under arrangements made with, an English local authority, with a view to securing that early childhood services in their area are made available in an integrated manner,

(b)     through which each of the early childhood services is made available,

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