PART 1INTRODUCTION

The Benefit Unit

Responsibility for children looked after by an authority5

1

There is excluded from regulation 4(6)(a)—

a

any period which is in the nature of a planned short term break, or is one of a series of such breaks, for the purpose of providing respite for the person who normally cares for the child or qualifying young person;

b

any period during which the child or qualifying young person is placed with, or continues to live with, their parent or a person who has parental responsibility for them.

2

For the purposes of this regulation, a person has parental responsibility if they are not a foster parent and have parental responsibility within the meaning of Article 6 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.