3.—(1) Regulation 21A of the Housing Benefit Regulations(1) and regulation 13A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations(2) (treatment of child care charges) shall both be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In the definition of “relevant child care charges” in paragraph (2)—
(a)for the words “who is under the age of 11 years” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of the period beginning on that child’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that child’s eleventh birthday”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “aged 8 and over but under 11” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of the period beginning on their eighth birthday and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following their eleventh birthday”.
(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(2A) In paragraph (2), “the first Monday in September” means the Monday which first occurs in the month of September in any year..”
Regulation 21A is inserted by S.I.1994/1924 and amended by S.I.1995/560 and 626.
Regulation 13A is inserted by S.I.1994/1924 and amended by S.I.1995/560 and 626.