# The Neonatal Care Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2025, Regulation 30: Amendment to the Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022


(1) The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 16 (qualifying paid work requirement: employee), in paragraph (4) in the definition of “specified leave”—
(a) after sub-paragraph (a)(vii), insert—
“(viii) neonatal care leave;”;
(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)(vii) for “.” substitute “;”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (b)(vii), insert—
“(viii) statutory neonatal care pay.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/201/regulation/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/neonatal-care-leave-and-pay-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-regulations-2025/regulation-30
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