# The Childcare Payments Regulations 2015, Regulation 16: Variation of relevant maximum: infrastructure failure


(1) This regulation applies where a payment is prevented from being made into a childcare account by a serious technical failure affecting—
(a) HMRC;
(b) the account provider; or
(c) a bank or provider of banking services.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the relevant maximum for the next entitlement period beginning after the failure is increased by—
X − Qwhere—
X is, in the case of a disabled child, £4,000, or in the case of any other child, £2,000; and
Q is the sum of qualifying payments made into the childcare account during the entitlement period in which the failure occurred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/522/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childcare-payments-regulations-2015/regulation-16
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