The Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. It formally recognised the existence of childminding, and introduced provisions for the registration of child-minders and the inspection of premises. This legislation laid down, for the first time, minimum standards required for people caring for the children of other people in their own homes for "reward".
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1948
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