PART 4 N.I.ELEMENTS OF AN AWARD

Responsibility for children or young personsN.I.

[F1Availability of the child element where maximum exceededN.I.

25A.—(1) Where a claimant is responsible for more than two children or qualifying young persons, the amount mentioned in Article 15(1) of the Order is to be available in respect of—

[F2(za)any child or qualifying young person to whom an exception applies in the circumstances set out in—

(i)paragraph 3 (adoptions) or paragraph 4 (non-parental caring arrangements) of Schedule 12; or

(ii)paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 (continuation of existing exception in a subsequent award) by virtue of an exception under paragraph 3 of that Schedule having applied in relation to a previous award;]

(a)the first and second children or qualifying young persons in the claimant's household; and

(b)the third and any subsequent child or qualifying young person in the claimant's household if—

(i)the child or qualifying young person is transitionally protected; or

(ii)an exception applies in relation to that child or qualifying young person [F3in the circumstances set out in paragraph 2 (multiple births), paragraph 5 (non-consensual conception) or, except where sub-paragraph (za) applies, paragraph 6 (continuation of existing exception in a subsequent award) of Schedule 12].

(2) A reference in paragraph (1) to a child or qualifying young person being the first, second, third or subsequent child or qualifying young person in the claimant's household is a reference to the position of that child or qualifying young person in the order determined in accordance with regulation 25B.

(3) A child or qualifying young person is “transitionally protected” [F4“if the child or qualifying young person was born before 6th April 2017].

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Textual Amendments