[F1SCHEDULE 5THE GATEWAY CONDITIONS

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Caring responsibilities

6.—(1) There must not be—

(a)a child living with the claimant some or all of the time;

(b)a person (“the young person”) living with the claimant some or all of the time if—

(i)the young person is not a child, but is under the age of 20; and

(ii)the claimant would be responsible for the young person for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations, if the young person were a qualifying young person within the meaning of regulation 5 of those Regulations.

(2) The claimant must not—

(a)be an adopter (within the meaning of the Universal Credit Regulations) with whom a child is expected to be placed during the period of [F2two months] beginning with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made;

(b)be a foster parent;

(c)be liable to pay child support maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991; or

(d)have any responsibility for providing care to a person who has a physical or mental impairment, other than in the course of paid or voluntary employment.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)“child” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;

(b)“foster parent” means—

(i)in relation to England, a person who is approved as a foster parent under the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011;

(ii)in relation to Wales, a person who is approved as a foster parent under the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, a person who is approved as a kinship carer or a foster carer under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009.]

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