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

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1116 (C. 104)

Childcare

Payment Scheme

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(1), makes the following Regulations:

Citation

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

Commencement

2.—(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(2) is made.

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)

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 .

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Childcare Payments Act 2014 have been have been brought into force by commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 26 to 29 and 43	20th July 2016	2016/763 (C.56)
Section 47 but only in respect of penalties under section 43	20th July 2016	2016/763 (C.56)
Sections 1, 2, 4 to 11, 13 to 25, 30, 32 to 38, 40 to 42, 44 to 62, 66, 67 and 73(2) to (4) but only in respect of the trial	14th November 2016	2016/1083 (C.76)
Sections 1, 3, 4, 6 to 15, 17 to 25, 62 and 73(2) to (4) in respect of children born on or after 1st September 2013 and any sibling	21st April 2017	2017/578 (C.52)
Sections 2, 5, 16, 30 to 42, 44 to 61, 63, 64, 66 and 67	21st April 2017	2017/578 (C.52)
All remaining sections in relation to those people recruited to participate in the trial	16th May 2017	2017/578 (C.52)
Sections 1, 3, 4, 6 to 15, 17 to 25, 62 and 73(2) to (4) in respect of children born on or after 1st April 2013 and before 1st September 2013 and any sibling	14th July 2017	2017/750 (C.59)

(1)

2014 c. 28.

(2)

Section 4 of the Childcare Payments Act 2014 defines “a declaration of eligibility”.