S.I. No. 268/1997:

CHILD CARE (PRE-SCHOOL SERVICES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1997

CHILD CARE (PRE-SCHOOL SERVICES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Health by sections 50 and 68 of the Child Care Act, 1991 , (No. 17 of 1991), which said powers are delegated to me by the Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 130 of 1995 ), I, AUSTIN CURRIE, Minister of State at the Department of Health, after consultation with the Minister for Education and the Minister for the Environment, hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Care (pre-school Services) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997.

2. The following paragraph is substituted for Paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Child Care (pre-school Services) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 398 of 1996 ).

"5. The appropriate fee or request for waiver under Article 31. (4) of the Child Care (pre-school Services) Regulations, 1996 should be enclosed with this notification."

Dated this 20th day of June, 1997.

AUSTIN CURRIE,

Minister of State at the Department of Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Child Care (pre-school Services) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 398 of 1996 ) by removing the requirement that written confirmation that the relevant statutory requirements relating to fire safety have been complied with must be enclosed when a person carrying on or proposing to carry on a pre-school service is notifying her health board to this effect.