The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) insert as the first definition—

““A”, as a noun, has the meaning given by regulation 7(2A);”;

(b) in the definition of “claimant”, for the words from “except in regulation 7” to the end substitute “except in regulations 7 and 9 to 14 (for which see regulations 7(1) and 13(13) to (15))”;

(c) before the definition of “joint claim” insert—

““income support” means income support under section 124 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”;

(d) after the definition of the “normally living with test” insert—

““old style JSA” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995(1) as that Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012(2) that remove references to an income-based allowance;”;

(e) after the definition of “remunerative work” insert—

““step-parent”, in relation to A, means a person who is not A’s parent but—

(a)

is a member of a couple, the other member of which is a parent of A, where both are responsible for A; or

(b)

was previously a member of—

(i)

a couple, the other member of which was a parent of A, or

(ii)

a polygamous unit (within the meaning of the Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003(3)), another member of which was a parent of A,

if immediately prior to ceasing to be a member of that couple or that polygamous unit the person was, and has since remained, responsible for A;”.

(1)

1995 c. 18.

(2)

2012 c. 5.

(3)

S.I. 2003/742, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.