Treatment of child care charges2

1

At the end of—

a

regulation 28(8) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 20063,

b

regulation 31(8) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20064,

c

regulation 18(8) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 20065, and

d

regulation 21(8) (treatment of child care charges) of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20066,

(each of which relates to the treatment of child care charges), insert—

or

g

by a person who is registered under Chapter 2 or 3 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 20067; or

h

by any of the schools mentioned in section 34(2) of the Childcare Act 2006 in circumstances where the requirement to register under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of that Act does not apply by virtue of section 34(2) of that Act; or

i

by any of the schools mentioned in section 53(2) of the Childcare Act 2006 in circumstances where the requirement to register under Chapter 3 of Part 3 of that Act does not apply by virtue of section 53(2) of that Act; or

j

by any of the establishments mentioned in section 18(5) of the Childcare Act 2006 in circumstances where the care is not included in the meaning of “childcare” for the purposes of Part 1 and Part 3 of that Act by virtue of that subsection; or

k

by a foster parent under the Fostering Services Regulations 20028, the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 20039 or the Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 199610 in relation to a child other than one whom the foster parent is fostering; or

l

by a domiciliary care worker under the Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations 200211 or the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 200412; or

m

by a person who is not a relative of the child wholly or mainly in the child’s home.