This document serves as the formal legal instrument establishing the commencement date for the Child Care Act 1980. Issued by the government of Great Britain, this statutory instrument provides the necessary regulatory framework to bring specific legislative provisions into force. It functions as a procedural mechanism to ensure the legal transition and implementation of child welfare statutes within the British legal system.

Legal professionals and historians utilize this document as a primary source for verifying the timeline of legislative implementation in the United Kingdom. It is considered a technical administrative record rather than a substantive legal text.