Childcare Funding (Wales) Act 2019

This Act provides that the Welsh Ministers must grant childcare funding for qualifying children of working parents.  The Childcare Offer allows most working parents of three and four-year-old children to claim funds towards the cost of childcare for up to 30 hours a week, 48 weeks per year. The statute defines a qualifying child as a child located in Wales and within compulsory school age (Section 1.3), and empowers the Welsh Ministers to enact additional regulations further specifying the administration and qualifications under this Act.  Sections 1.7; 2.