The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976
PART IGeneral
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
2Special provisions as to contributions and expenditure in respect of a child
3Child in residential accommodation in prescribed circumstances
4Days of absence to be disregarded in determining whether a child is living with a person
5Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as receiving full-time education
6Interruption of full-time education
7Circumstances in which a person who has ceased to receive full-time education is to continue to be treated as a child
7A Exclusion from benefit of children aged 16 but under the age of 19 who are receiving advanced education
7BChild receiving financial support under the Employment and Training Act 1973
7CChild receiving supplementary benefit
8Employed trainees
9Persons exempt from tax
10Married child
11Circumstances in which persons absent from one another are or are not to be treated as residing together
12Polygamous marriages
13Prescribed manner of making an election under Schedule 2 to the Act
14Modification of priority provisions in Schedule 2 to the Act
15Set-off of benefit against arrears of non-contributory invalidity pension and of non-contributory invalidity pension against arrears of benefit
16Children in detention, care etc.
17Right to benefit of voluntary organisations
PART IITransitional Provisions
18Definitions for the purposes of Part II of these Regulations
19Transitional modification of section 11 of the Family Allowances Act 1965 and of regulations 12 and 13 of the Family Allowances (Qualifications) Regulations 1969
20Transitional provisions relating to apprentices under the Act of 1965
21Transitional provisions relating to circumstances in which spouses are to be treated as residing otherwise than together
22Transitional provision relating to calculation of contributions and expenditure in respect of a child
1976 No. 965
Social Security

The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2, 3, 9(2)(a), 17(5) and (6), 20(1) and (2)(c) and 24 of, and paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Child Benefit Act 1975 M1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—