Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

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

(a) is undergoing imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre;

(b) is authorised under—

(i) any provision of the [1968 c. 34 (N.I.).] Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968; or

(ii) paragraph 7 of Schedule 13 to the [S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3).] Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

to be detained in a training school, and is not absent from the school on licence;

(c) is liable to be detained by virtue of section 73 of that Act of 1968 and is not discharged on licence;

(d) is the subject of an order under that Act of 1968 committing him to custody in any place to which he may be committed on remand;

(e) is subject to a provision of a supervision order made under that Act of 1968 requiring him to reside in an institution;

(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 in the care of the Department includes a reference to a child in the care of a Health and Social Services Board.