I found that I was still in the dark on various aspects after an admittedly fairly speedy run-through. And judging by the many phone calls and e-mails that we have received in the past week or so from anxious and/or angry providers, so are many others (see Analysis, pages 10-11).
One problem is that something that seems quite clear in one section can then seem to be different or ambiguous in another. For example, the Code says, 'Local authorities should ensure that providers which they fund to deliver the free entitlement do not impose on parents conditions of access to which they must agree in order to take up their free hours, ie parents must not be obligated to purchase additional hours or pay lunchtime charges in order to secure free provision.'
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