Guaranteed Childcare Assistance Payment Amendment - Notice of change 2020
16 October 2020.
This instrument amends the Guaranteed Childcare Assistance Payment Programme established and approved on 13 August 2012 under the Social Security Act 1964, and saved by clause 21 of Schedule 1 of the Social Security Act 2018 as if it was made under section 101 of that Act.
This instrument comes into force on 23 October 2020.
The amendment is to ensure that the assistance may continue to be paid during a child’s temporary absence, due to COVID-19 requirements, from an early childhood education programme.
This amendment also updates references to the Education Act 1989 with the Education and Training Act 2020.
