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6.—(1) In these Regulations “family” means—
(a)a couple;
(b)a couple and a member of the same household for whom one of them is or both are responsible and who is a child or a young person; or
(c)a person who is not a member of a couple and a member of the same household for whom that person is responsible and who is a child or a young person.
(2) The references to a child or young person in sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (c) include a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the SSCBA(1) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit, but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1).
(3) The references to a young person in paragraph (1)(b) and (c) do not include a young person who is—
(a)on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance; F1...
(b)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000(2) (exclusion from benefits) applies [F2; or
(c)entitled to an award of universal credit.]
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F1Word in reg. 6 omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3312), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)
F2Reg. 6(3)(c) and word inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3312), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)
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I1Reg. 6 in force at 27.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)
Section 145A was inserted by section 55(1) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). It was subsequently amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6).
2000 c. 35; section 6 has been amended by sections 9 and 58 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) but those provisions are not yet in force (and section 9 of that Act has now been repealed by section 147 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) – also not yet in force).
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