Regulation 4 Amendment of the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002

(1)

Amend regulation 14 (child care charges) as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1A).

(a)

in sub-paragraph (d) for “regulation 14(2)(f)(ii)” substitute “regulation 14(2)(f)(vii)”,

(b)

in sub-paragraph (e)—

(i)

after “a foster parent” add “, a foster carer or a kinship carer”, and

(ii)

for “that foster parent is fostering” substitute “that person is fostering or is looking after as the child’s kinship carer”.

(3)

In paragraph (1B), after sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(c)
“foster parent” in relation to a child—

(i)
in relation to England, means a person with whom the child is placed under the Fostering Services Regulations 2002^f1;

(ii)
in relation to Wales, means a person with whom the child is placed under the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003^f2;

(iii)
in relation to Northern Ireland, means a person with whom the child is placed under the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f3; and

(d)
“foster carer” and “kinship carer” have the meanings given in regulation 2 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009^f4.”.

(4)

In paragraph (2)

(a)

In sub-paragraph (b) for paragraph (iii) substitute—

“(iii)

by a foster carer in relation to a child other than one whom that person is fostering;”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (c)(iv) omit “under the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (f)(v) omit “under the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/57, amended by S.I. 2002/865; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
f2: S.I. 2003/237, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: S.R. (NI) 1996 No 467.
f4: S.S.I. 2009/210.