27A.—(1) Where the circumstances of a case are that a qualifying child who is in the care of a local authority in England and Wales is allowed by the authority to live with a parent of his under section [F322C(2)] F4... of the Children Act 1989 [F5or under section 81(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014], that case shall be treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of this case, section 3(3)(b) of the Act shall be modified so that for the reference to the person who usually provides day to day care for the child there shall be substituted a reference to the parent of a child [F6with] whom the local authority [F7has allowed the child to live.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 27A inserted (5.4.1993) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/913), regs. 1(1), 25
F2Reg. 27A title substituted (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1386), regs. 1(2), 3(a) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1621, reg. 3)
F3Words in reg. 27A(1) inserted (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1386), regs. 1(2), 3(b) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1621, reg. 3)
F4Words in reg. 27A(1) omitted (3.11.2017) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 21
F5Words in reg. 27A(1) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 5(2)
F6Words in reg. 27A(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1386), regs. 1(2), 3(c) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1621, reg. 3)
F7Words in reg. 27A(2) substituted (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1386), regs. 1(2), 3(c) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1621, reg. 3)