The Universal Credit Regulations 2013

The childcare costs condition U.K.

33.—(1) The childcare costs condition is met in respect of an assessment period if—

[F1 (za) the claimant has paid charges for relevant childcare that are attributable to that assessment period (see regulation 34A) and those charges have been reported to the Secretary of State [F2 before the end of the assessment period that follows the assessment period in which they were paid];]

(a) [F3 the charges are in respect of]—

(i) a child, or

(ii) a qualifying young person who has not reached the 1st September following their 16th birthday,

for whom the claimant is responsible; and

(b) the charges are for childcare arrangements—

(i) that are to enable the claimant to take up paid work or to continue in paid work, or

(ii) where the claimant is treated as being in paid work by virtue of regulation 32(2), that are to enable the claimant to maintain childcare arrangements that were in place when the claimant ceased paid work or began to receive those benefits.

[F4 (2) The late reporting of charges for relevant childcare may be accepted in the same circumstances as late notification of a change of circumstances may be accepted under regulation 36 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 and, in such cases, subject to regulation 34A below, all or part of any such charges may be taken into account in any assessment period to which they relate.]

[F5 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), “the relevant notification period” in regulation 36 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 means a period of time ending on the last day of the assessment period that follows the assessment period in which the charges for relevant childcare were paid.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 33(1)(za) inserted (26.11.2014) by The Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2887), regs. 1, 2(2)(a) (with reg. 5)

F2 Words in reg. 33(1)(za) substituted (16.10.2019) by The Universal Credit (Childcare Costs and Minimum Income Floor) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1249), regs. 1(3), 2(a)

F3 Words in reg. 33(1)(a) substituted (26.11.2014) by The Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2887), regs. 1, 2(2)(b) (with reg. 5)

F4 Reg. 33(2) substituted (26.11.2014) by The Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2887), regs. 1, 2(2)(c) (with reg. 5)

F5 Reg. 33(3) inserted (16.10.2019) by The Universal Credit (Childcare Costs and Minimum Income Floor) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1249), regs. 1(3), 2(b)