The Childcare Payments Regulations 2015

[^key-8b76629fa489d03854c1cae93cea3b0f]: Reg. 17(2)(d) and word inserted (22.7.2021) by The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/781), regs. 1, 3(7)(b)

[^key-6d9c09848709c1cc36caad208ca0f585]: Words in reg. 17(8) substituted (22.7.2021) by The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/781), regs. 1, 3(7)(c)

[^key-5b35a485c5df6394a3325dcb88c049d3]: Words in reg. 5(1)(d) substituted (1.12.2022) by The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1134), reg. 1(b), Sch. para. 3(2)

[^key-1183ceffa07bc6f7f0744e4040bb5299]: Reg. 6(7) substituted (1.12.2022) by The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1148), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)

[^key-b2fbb1aae8065d47bbc57733c224897b]: Word in reg. 6(1)(b) omitted (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1148), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)

[^key-16249d1baf85d9c2e9ee69e5455b0ac2]: Reg. 6(1)(c): semicolon substituted for full stop (1.12.2022) by The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1148), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

[^key-83d3399d88a9865f3d7d118c72de579c]: Reg. 6(1)(d) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1148), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

[^key-a60c7028abd4ba3cafc15f10bbc08f5d]: Words in reg. 14(4) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 12(2)(c)

[^key-81d337cbb879840f250d6d14f488f0da]: Word in reg. 14(1)(a)(i) omitted (16.11.2023) by virtue of The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 12(2)(a)

[^key-53286c841e67eddd8b8d2ebf228abbc4]: Reg. 14(1)(ia) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 12(2)(b)

[^key-36aeb5864e3b739d1aa0fe854ca31d32]: Reg. 17(2)(b)(ia) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 12(3)(b)

[^key-3127af1fc8f3a95e1c050e1f1c923801]: Words in reg. 17(8) inserted (16.11.2023) by The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 12(3)(c)

[^key-247c04820a47887f8822efae061a6add]: Word in reg. 17(2)(b)(i) omitted (16.11.2023) by virtue of The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1214), art. 1(2), reg. 12(3)(a)

Payments that may be made from childcare accounts

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• (1) A payment is treated as a permitted payment where it includes a reasonable fee payable to an intermediary.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), where there is more than one intermediary in the payment chain the total of all fees must be reasonable.

• (3) In this regulation “intermediary” means a supplier of an electronic payment system which allows persons to make payments into that system for the ultimate purpose of making payments to qualifying childcare providers.

Compensatory payments

Account restriction orders

Closure of a childcare account

Power to obtain information or documents

Disqualification orders: meaning of “relevant benefit”

Use of electronic communications