# The Childcare Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2016, 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)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/796/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-payments-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-7
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