Contributions and subscriptions

I110Further contributions by Inland Revenue

1

Regulations may make provision for the making by the Inland Revenue in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) of payments to account providers of child trust funds held by—

a

eligible children, or

b

any description of eligible children,

of amounts prescribed by, or determined in accordance with, regulations.

2

The circumstances referred to in subsection (1) are—

a

the children attaining such age as may be prescribed by the regulations, or

b

such other circumstances as may be so prescribed.

3

The regulations must include provision—

a

for making account providers aware that such amounts are payable,

b

about the claiming of such payments by account providers, and

c

about the crediting of child trust funds by account providers with the amount of such payments.

4

For the purposes of this section, a child is to be treated as being an eligible child if entitlement to child benefit in respect of the child is excluded by—

a

paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 9 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (children in custody), or

b

paragraph 1(1)(a) to (d) of Schedule 9 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland).