“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—

  1. 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 19912;

  2. ii

     who is registered as blind in a register compiled by a local authority under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 19483 (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

  3. 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 20004;

• “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.