PART 6

MEANING OF TERMS IN THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER

Meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Child Support OrderI175

The prescribed condition for the purposes of Article 3(1)71 is that the person is a qualifying young person as defined in section 138(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act72.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 75 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1

Relevant other child outside Northern IrelandI276

For the purposes of paragraph 10C(2)(b) of Schedule 1 “relevant other child” includes a child, other than a qualifying child, in respect of whom the non-resident parent or the non-resident parent’s partner would receive child benefit, but in respect of whom they do not do so, solely because the conditions set out in section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act73 are not met.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 76 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1

Persons who are not persons with careI377

1

The following categories of person are not persons with care for the purposes of the Child Support Order—

a

an authority;

b

a person with whom a child who is looked after by an authority is placed by that authority under the provisions of the Children Order, except where that person is a parent of such a child and the authority allow the child to live with that parent under Article 27(5) of that Order;

2

In paragraph (1) “a child who is looked after by an authority” has the same meaning as in Article 25 of the Children Order74.