# The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, Regulation 11: Self-employed persons: start-up periods

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A self-employed person does not have to meet the condition in regulation 9(1)(b) or (c) in respect of—
(a) their first declaration of eligibility, if it is made within a start-up period; and
(b) declarations of eligibility in each of the three entitlement periods immediately following that start-up period.
(2) A “start-up period” is the period of 12 months following the commencement by the self-employed person of any trade, profession or vocation.
(3) A self-employed person cannot rely on a second or subsequent start-up period (in relation to the commencement by that person of a new trade, profession or vocation) unless at least 48 months have passed since the end of the previous start-up period.
(4) In paragraph (3) “the previous start-up period” is the period during which the person did not have to meet the condition in regulation 9(1)(b) or (c).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/448/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-payments-eligibility-regulations-2015/regulation-11
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