This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2015/448 , S.I. 2016/793 and S.I. 2016/1021 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 1101
Childcare
Payment Scheme
The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
15th November 2017
Laid before Parliament
16th November 2017
Coming into force
7th December 2017
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(2) and (3) and 69(2)(c) of the Childcare Payments Act 2014( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Childcare Payments (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and will come into force on 7th December 2017.
Amendment of the Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015
2.The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 9 (the requirement to be in qualifying paid work)—
(a) in paragraph (1)( 3 ) for “hold” substitute “holds”,
(b) in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) omit “four times”,
(c) at the end of paragraph (1)(b)(ii) insert—
“ ; or
(c) the person is in paid work as an employed person and as a self-employed person and the person’s expected income from the work in the period specified in paragraph (4) is greater than or equal to the relevant threshold. ” ,
(d) in paragraph (1A)( 4 ) for “regulation 9(1) will” substitute “paragraph (1) does”,
(e) in paragraphs (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(ii) for “14” substitute “31”, and
(f) in paragraph (5A) omit “previous”.
4. In regulation 10 (calculation of expected income) omit paragraph (5)( 5 ).
5. In regulation 11 (self-employed persons: start-up periods)—
(a) in paragraphs (1)( 6 ) and (4) after “regulation 9(1)(b)” insert “or (c)”, and
(b) in paragraph (3) for “4 calendar years” substitute “at least 48 months”.
6. In regulation 12 (qualifying paid work: time off in connection with sickness or parenting)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(f) omit “ordinary or additional”,
(b) in paragraph (1)(g) for “an ordinary” substitute “a”,
(c) omit paragraph (1)(h)( 7 ), and
(d) in paragraph (4) for “14” substitute “31”.
7. In regulation 13 (qualifying paid work: caring, incapacity for work or limited capability for work) at paragraph (1)(b)(v) substitute—
“ (v) contributory employment and support allowance under section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 ( 8 ) or section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 ( 9 ) ; or ” .
David Evennett
Andrew Griffiths
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
15th November 2017
S.I. 2015/448 , amended by S.I. 2016/793 and 2016/1021 .
Regulation 9(1) and (1)(b)(ii) were amended by S.I. 2016/1021 .
Regulation 9(1A) and (5A) were inserted by S.I. 2016/1021 .
Paragraph (5) was amended by S.I. 2016/1021 .
Paragraph (1) was substituted by S.I. 2016/1021 .
Regulation 12(h) was amended by S.I. 2016/793 .
2007 c. 5 ; section 1 was amended by section 9(3)(b) of and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) and sections 50(1), 52(2), 53, 54(2) and 62(2) and (3) of, paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 to, and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) .
2007 c. 2 ; section 1 was amended by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1) .