| Short Title: | Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to provide for the regulation of certain nurseries and of persons who for reward receive children into their homes to look after them; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Citation: | 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 53 |
| Royal Assent: | 30 July 1948 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Children Act 1989 |
| Status: | repealed |
The Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 53) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It formally recognised the existence of childminding, and introduced provisions for the registration of child-minders and the inspection of premises.[1] 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".[2]