PART 3 E+W Determinations as to qualifying children of working parents

Declaration E+W

When a declaration may be made E+W

20.  A declaration in respect of a young child may be made—

[F1 (a) in the period of 16 weeks ending with the day before the day on which the child will meet the description in regulation 13 (if known), or]

(b) in the period—

(i) beginning with the day on which the child meets the description in regulation 13, and

(ii) ending [F2 with the day] before the day on which the child ceases to satisfy the requirements of section 1(2)(a) or (b) of the Act(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 20(a) substituted (6.4.2024) by The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/369), regs. 1(b), 2(5)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 20(b)(ii) inserted (6.4.2024) by The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/369), regs. 1(b), 2(5)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 20 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1(b)

(1)

Section 1(2)(a) and (b) of the Childcare Act 2016 define a qualifying child of working parents as a young child who is under compulsory school age and in England, respectively.