The Tax Credit (New Category of Child Care Provider) Regulations 2002

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

(a) where the doing of anything is required to be in writing and authenticated by a signature, the use of electronic communication is not permitted; and

(b) “accredited” in relation to an organisation means accredited by the Secretary of State in accordance with the criteria set out in these Regulations;

“child care provider” means a person who looks after one or more children under the age of 15 (under the age of 16 if the child is disabled) outside the United Kingdom for reward;

“disabled” in relation to a child under the age of 16 means a child—

(i)

in respect of whom disability living allowance is payable, or has ceased to be payable solely because he is a patient within the meaning of regulation 10 of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991(1);

(ii)

who is registered as blind in a register compiled by a local authority under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948(2) (welfare services) or, in Scotland, has been certified as blind and in consequence he is registered as blind in a register maintained by or on behalf of a regional or islands council; or

(iii)

who ceased to be registered as blind in such a register within the 28 weeks immediately preceding the date of claim;

“electronic communication” means electronic communication as defined in section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(3);

“scheme” means the scheme made by these Regulations for establishing a new category of persons whose charges for providing child care are to be taken into account for the purposes set out in section 15(1) of the Tax Credits Act 1999;

“system” means the system operated by an accredited organisation for approving child care providers and assessing the quality of child care provided by them.

(1)

S.I.1991/2887.

(2)

1948 c. 29.

(3)

2000 c. 7.