Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007
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Substitution of section 49 of Principal Act. |
5.— Section 49 (as amended by item 54 of Part 6 of Schedule 7 to the Health Act 2004 ) of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted: | |
“Definitions for Part VII. | ||
49.— In this Part— | ||
‘authorised person’ means a person appointed under section 54 to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Part; | ||
‘pre-school child’ means a child— | ||
(a) who has not attained the age of six years, and | ||
(b) who is not attending— | ||
(i) a school, or | ||
(ii) an establishment which provides an education programme similar to that provided by a school; | ||
‘pre-school service’ means any pre-school, play group, day nursery, crèche, day-care or other similar service which caters for pre-school children, including those grant-aided by the Health Service Executive; | ||
‘ school’ means an establishment which provides— | ||
(a) primary education to its students, | ||
(b) early childhood education, or | ||
(c) both primary education to its students and early childhood education; | ||
‘ school age child’ means a child who is attending a school age service; | ||
‘school age service’ means a childcare service— | ||
(a) provided on a regular basis for children (or a class of children) who attend— | ||
(i) a school, or | ||
(ii) an establishment which provides an educational programme similar to that provided by a school, | ||
(b) provided outside of normal school hours, and | ||
(c) the basis of access to which is made publicly known to the parents and guardians of children referred to in paragraph (a).”. |