TFC10150 - Self-employed person: start-up periods

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 11(1)

A self-employed person does not have to meet the normal condition of being in qualifying paid work for a period of 12 months from when he or she makes the first declaration of eligibility that relies on self-employed income within a start-up period. This means in the first declaration and their next three reconfirmations.

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 11(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.

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 11(3)

A self-employed person cannot rely on a second or subsequent start-up period unless 48 months have passed since the end of the previous start-up period where the person was treated as being in qualifying paid work.