Regulation 7 Amendments to the Childcare Payments Regulations 2015
In regulation 17 (compensatory payments)—
(a)
in paragraph (1) for “paragraphs (2) and (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2), (3) and (3A)”;
(b)
after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A)The circumstances specified in this paragraph are that a person is unable to open a childcare account for a continuous period of at least 14 days, due to a serious technical failure affecting HMRC or the account provider.”;
(c)
in paragraph (4)(a) for “paragraph (2) or (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2), (3) or (3A)”.