# The Childcare Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015


(1) The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 9 (the requirement to be in qualifying paid work), in paragraph (2A), in column 2 of the table (applicable period) in the phrase “ends on the day”, wherever it occurs, for “on” substitute “with”.
(3) In regulation 12 (qualifying paid work: time off in connection with sickness or parenting)—
(a) in paragraph (7)(a), after “(i),” insert “(o),”;
(b) in paragraph (7)(b), for “(j) to (m)” substitute “(j) to (n)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/279/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-payments-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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