PART 6MEANING OF TERMS IN THE 1991 ACT

Meaning of “child” for the purposes of the 1991 ActI176

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F3Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the prescribed condition for the purposes of section 55(1) of the 1991 Act M1 (that is the condition that must be satisfied if a person who has attained the age of 16 but not the age of 20 is to fall with the meaning of “child”) is that the person is a qualifying young person as defined in section 142(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992M2.

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A person does not satisfy the condition referred to in paragraph (1) where the person is—

a

engaged in remunerative work in any week during a prescribed period; or

b

in receipt of other financial support in any week.

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Case 2.1(b)(i) in regulation 7(2) (qualifying young person: terminal dates) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (the “2006 Regulations”) is to be read as if at the beginning there were inserted “the week in which”.

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In this regulation—

  • “other financial support” means any of the types of financial support specified in regulation 8(2) (child benefit not payable in respect of a qualifying young person: other financial support) of the 2006 Regulations;

  • “prescribed period” is the period found in accordance with cases 1 and 2 in regulation 7(2) of the 2006 Regulations (as modified in respect of case 2.1(b)(i) by paragraph (3) of this regulation);

  • “remunerative work” has the meaning given in regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the 2006 Regulations;

  • “week” has the meaning in the 2006 Regulations.