SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2U.K.[F1SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 2 modified (temp.) (12.2.2009 for E. and 31.3.2010 for W.) by Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), ss. 8(3), 44, Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 2009/268, art. 3(1)(b); S.I. 2010/749, art. 2(a)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

Part IIIU.K. Contributions Towards Maintenance of Children Looked After by Local Authorities [F2in England]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Sch. 2 Pt. III modified (30.12.2005) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 53(4)-(6), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8); S.I 2005/2213, {art. 2(c)}

Liability to contributeE+W

21(1)Where a local authority are looking after a child (other than in the cases mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)) they shall consider whether they should recover contributions towards the child’s maintenance from any person liable to contribute (“a contributor").E+W

(2)An authority may only recover contributions from a contributor if they consider it reasonable to do so.

(3)The persons liable to contribute are—

(a)where the child is under sixteen, each of his parents;

(b)where he has reached the age of sixteen, the child himself.

(4)A parent is not liable to contribute during any period when he is in receipt [F3 of universal credit (except in such circumstances as may be prescribed), ] of income support [F4under][F5Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,][F6 of any element of child tax credit other than the family element, of working tax credit][F7[F8, of an income-based jobseeker's allowance or of an income-related employment and support allowance]].

(5)A person is not liable to contribute towards the maintenance of a child in the care of a local authority in respect of any period during which the child is F9[living with, under arrangements made by the authority in accordance with section 22C], a parent of his.

(6)A contributor is not obliged to make any contribution towards a child’s maintenance except as agreed or determined in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.

(7)The cases are where the child is looked after by a local authority under—

(a)section 21;

(b)an interim care order;

(c)[F10section 92 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000] [F11or section 260 of the Sentencing Code].

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(4) inserted (29.4.2013) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 2 para. 1(d); S.I. 2013/983, art. 3(1)(b)(i)

F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(4) substituted (6.4.2003) by 2002 c. 21, ss. 47, 61, Sch. 3 para. 20(a); S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(d)(iii) (subject to transitional savings and provisions in arts. 3 and 4)

F5Words in Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 21(4) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 108(c)

F6Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(4) inserted (6.4.2003) by 2002 c. 21, ss. 47, 61, Sch. 3 para. 20(b); S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(d)(iii) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3 and 4)

F7Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(4) added (7.10.1996) by 1995 c. 18, s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 19(5); S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2

F8Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(4) substituted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), ss. 28, 70, Sch. 3 para. 6(6); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f)

F9Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(5) substituted (1.4.2011 for E., 6.4.2016 for W.) by Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), s. 44(4), Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 2010/2981, art. 4(a); S.I. 2016/452, art. 2(b)

F10Words in Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 21(7)(c) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 130

F11Words in Sch. 2 para. 21(7)(c) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 113 (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Sch. 2 para. 21: power to apply with modifications or exclude conferred (7.2.2004 for W. and 7.12.2004 for E.) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 53(2)(b), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8); S.I. 2004/252, art. 2(b); S.I. 2004/3203, art. 2(1)(h)

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 21 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)