Part VI Contributions in respect of Children in Care etc.
78 Duty to make contributions in respect of children in care etc.C1
1
Where a child F1is being looked after by a local authority or a F10compulsory supervision order to which this Part of this Act applies has been made in respect of him, contributions in respect of the child (hereinafter in this Part of this Act referred to as the “maintainable child”) shall be payable—
a
while the maintainable child is under sixteen years of age, by F2any natural person who has parental responsibilities (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to him;
b
if he is over sixteen years of age . . . F3, by the maintainable child himself.
F42
This Part of this Act applies to any F11compulsory supervision order which requires the child concerned to reside in a place or places other than his own home.
F52A
No contributions shall be payable under subsection (1)(a) of this section by a contributor during a period when he is in receipt F6of F9universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, income support F7, an income based jobseeker’s allowance (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995)F8, an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance) or family credit.
3
In this Part of this Act “contributor” means a person liable to make contributions by virtue of subsection (1) of this section in respect of a maintainable child.