PART 2Meaning of “Child”
Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 19922
1
Schedule 1 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Act) to the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 M1 is amended as follows.
2
For paragraph 1, substitute—
1
1
A person satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed for the purposes of section 55(1)(of the Act M2 if that person satisfies any of the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
The person is receiving full-time education (which is not advanced education)—
a
by attendance at a recognised educational establishment; or
b
elsewhere, if the education is recognised by the Secretary of State.
3
The person is a person in respect of whom child benefit is payable.
3
Omit paragraph 1A.
4
In paragraph 2—
a
for “section 55 of the Act” substitute “
this Schedule
”
; and
b
in sub-paragraph (a), after “education” insert “
, a higher national certificate
”
.
5
In paragraph 3, for “section 55 of the Act” substitute “
this Schedule
”
.
6
In paragraph 4, for “section 55(1)(b) of the Act” substitute “
paragraph 1(2)
”
.
7
For paragraph 6, substitute—
6
In this Schedule, “recognised educational establishment” means an establishment recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Schedule as being, or as comparable to, a university, college or school.
8
After paragraph 6 insert—
Education otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment7
For the purposes of paragraph 1(2), the Secretary of State may recognise education provided for a person otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment only if satisfied that education was being so provided for that person immediately before that person attained the age of 16.