SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Exclusions from Entitlement to Child Benefit

Children F1and qualifying young persons in detention, care, etc.

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(1)

Except where regulations otherwise provide, no person shall be entitled to child benefit in respect of a child F2or qualifying young person for any week if in that week the child F2or qualifying young person—

(a)

is undergoing imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre;

(b)

is authorised under F3the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to be detained in a F4juvenile justice centre, and is not out under supervision;

(c)

is liable to be detained by virtue of F5Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and is not discharged on licence;

(d)

is the subject of an order under that F6Order of 1998 committing him to custody in any place to which he may be committed on remand;

F7(e)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f)

is—

(i)

in the care of the Department; or

(ii)

the subject of a parental rights order under section 104 of that Act of 1968,

in such circumstances as may be prescribed.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1) above the reference to a child F8or qualifying young person in the care of the Department includes a reference to a child F8or qualifying young person in the care of a Health and Social Services Board.