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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-payments-eligibility-amendment-regulations-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1101",
  "legislation_title": "The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-payments-eligibility-amendment-regulations-2017",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/448) (“the 2015 Regulations”) which contain the detailed requirements a person must satisfy in order to be able to receive top-up payments under the Childcare Payments Act 2014 (c. 28).\nRegulations 3 to 5 make minor changes to the 2015 Regulations to ensure that they operate as intended. Regulation 3(f) extends the period a parent can apply for childcare payments ahead of starting or returning to work, from 14 to 31 days. Regulations 6 and 7 amend cross-references in the 2015 Regulations to other legislation. Regulation 6(d) extends the period a parent can make a declaration in advance of returning from sickness or parenting leave from 14 to 31 days.\nA full Impact Assessment of the effect that the introduction of the childcare payments scheme, will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector was published on 10th June 2014 alongside the draft Childcare Payments Bill and was updated on 20th November 2014. They are available from the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-free-childcare-impact-assessment. They remain an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument. An updated Impact Assessment was made on 30th March 2017 and is available at the gov.uk website.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1101/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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