The Childcare Payments Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017

Made: 16th November 2017

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 69(2) and 75(2) and (3) of the Childcare Payments Act 2014[^f00001], makes the following Regulations:

Citation

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These Regulations may be cited as the Childcare Payments Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2017.

Commencement

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• (1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Childcare Payments Act 2014 set out in paragraph (2) in respect of a relevant child and any sibling is 24th November 2017.

• (2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

• (a) section 1;

• (b) sections 3 and 4;

• (c) sections 6 to 15;

• (d) sections 17 to 25;

• (e) section 62; and

• (f) section 73(2) to (4).

• (3) In this regulation—

• “relevant child” means a child born on or after 24th November 2011 and before 1st April 2013;

• “sibling” means any child normally living in the same household as a relevant child at the time the declaration of eligibility[^f00002] is made.

Signed

Heather Wheeler — Mark Spencer — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 16th November 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations will bring into force on 24th November 2017 those sections of the Childcare Payments Act 2014 (c. 28) (“the Act”) that are set out in regulation 2. This regulation commences specified sections of the Act in relation to a relevant child and any sibling (as defined in regulation 2(3)) on 24th November 2017. A relevant child is a child between four and a half and six years old on 24th November 2017 and those who have their sixth birthday on that day.

A full impact assessment of the effect that the childcare payments scheme will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector was published on 10th June 2014 alongside the draft Bill and was updated on 20th November 2014. It is available from the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-free-childcare-impact-assessment. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument. An updated impact assessment was made on 30th March 2017 in relation to the secondary legislation and is available from the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-free-childcare-impact-assessment-march-2017 .

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 c. 28.

[^f00002]: Section 4 of the Childcare Payments Act 2014 defines “a declaration of eligibility”.