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


(1) A self-employed person does not have to meet the condition in regulation 9(1)(b)—
(a) in the first entitlement period which falls wholly or partly within a start-up period; and
(b) in the subsequent 3 entitlement periods.
(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 4 calendar years 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127063/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-childcare-payments-eligibility-regulations-2015/regulation-11
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