Not sure what you have recieved, or from whom.
The Childcare Bill (now the Childcare Act 2006 as it got Royal Assent) is the legislation that introduces the Ofsted Childcare Register (OCR).
More details about the Childcare Act 2006
One change that I am aware of is that instead of being registered to care for children under 8, under the new OCR, you become registered to care for pre-school aged children (Early Years Register) and School children Key Stage 1 up to and including age of 7 years (Ofsted Childcare Register).
Childminders who only care for after-schoolers, would therefore only need to be on the OCR, and not on EYR. The OCR is not regulated as heavily as the EYR. At least that's how I understand it at this stage.
There is a Consultation going on until Sept 2006, with regard to the requirements that providers must meet in order to be placed on the OCR and the arrangements for checking that they continue to meet those requirements over time.
NANNIES: A noteable change is that the scheme with luck with replace the Childcare Approval Scheme. When I last asked DfES and CAS about that, they didn't overly comment - they know how much I hate the recently introduced CAS. However, in the consultation document it mentions that NANNIES can register under OCR as of April 2007. ( see 1.11 ) So with luck CAS will be no more, and ALL parents eligable will be able to claim childcare element of Working Tax Credit, regardless of their occupation (e.g. teachers are currently exempt from the childcare voucher scheme). However, all facts of the matter have not yet become available, so I can but hope at this stage that teachers will get help with childcare.
Is there anything in particular that you would like explained? If so, do let me know the wording of the paragraph in question in what you have been sent, and I will try to find out for you what it means.