In order for the Government to extend the right of free early years provision to disadvantaged two-year-olds, regulations in the Childcare Act 2006 need to be amended.
Current regulations require local authorities only to use a child's age as the criteria for eligibility for the free entitlement.
The Bill therefore proposes a new section to allow for a family's income to be taken into account.
It adds, 'The regulations under the new section 7 will be able to define an entitlement for children based on criteria other than age, such as criteria related to a family's economic circumstances, as the Government intends for two-year-olds.'
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