The Childcare and Inspection of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees) (Amendments) Regulations 2023

Amendments to regulation 16 (qualifying paid work requirement: employee)

16.  In regulation 16 (qualifying paid work requirement: employee)—

(a) for paragraph 3(a) substitute—

“(a) any period the person is—

(i) a foster parent, or

(ii) on specified leave other than adoption leave of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (b);”.

(b) In paragraph (4)—

(i) in the definition of “adoption leave”, in paragraph (b), for “the Social Security Act” substitute “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act”;

(ii) after the definition of “national insurance number” insert—

““the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act” means either of the following—

(a)

the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1);

(b)

the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2)”;

(iii) in the definition of “specified leave”, in paragraph (a) for (i) to (v) substitute—

“(i) ordinary or additional maternity leave;

(ii) ordinary or additional adoption leave;

(iii) shared parental leave;

(iv) parental leave;

(v) paternity leave;

(vi) parental bereavement leave;”;

(iv) in paragraph (b), for “the Social Security Act” substitute “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act”.

(1)

1992 c. 4.

(2)

1992 c. 7.