Regulation 9F(4)(b)
[F1SCHEDULEPersons who may qualify as carers for a child under the age of 12
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. inserted (5.4.2011) by The National Insurance Contributions Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/709), regs. 1, 2(4)
1.—(1) Parent.
(2) Grandparent.
(3) Great-grandparent.
(4) Great-great-grandparent.
(5) Sibling.
(6) Parent’s sibling.
(7) Spouse or former spouse of any of the persons listed in sub-paragraphs (1) to (6).
(8) Civil partner or former civil partner of any of the persons listed in sub-paragraphs (1) to (6).
(9) Partner or former partner of any of the persons listed in sub-paragraphs (1) to (8).
(10) Son or daughter of persons listed in sub-paragraphs (5) to (9).
(11) In respect of the son or daughter of a person listed in sub-paragraph (6), that person’s—
(a)spouse or former spouse;
(b)civil partner or former civil partner; or
(c)partner or former partner.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(5) and (6), a sibling includes a sibling of the half blood, a step sibling and an adopted sibling.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1(9) and (11)(c), a partner is the other member of a couple consisting of [F2two people who are not married to or civil partners of each other but are living together as a married couple.]
F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. para. 3 inserted (10.12.2014 for E.W.) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3061), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(b)
F3Sch. para. 3(a)(b) omitted (10.12.2014 for E.W.) by virtue of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3061), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(a)