Paragraph 4

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

sch. 2 amended by Advice and Assistance 1988
Sch.2, para 8(a)(ii) amended by Advice and Assistance 1994 reg.4
sch. 2 amended by Advice and Assistance 1988
sch. 2 amended by Advice and Assistance 1989
Sch., para.8(a)(ii) rev. in pt. by Advice and Assistance 1995 reg.4
sch. 2 amended by Advice and Assistance 1990
Sch.2, para 8(b)(i)(ii) substituted by Advice and Assistance 1993 reg.2

The resources of any person who, under section 17 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976^f1 is liable to maintain a child or who usually contributes substantially to a child’s maintenance, or who has care and control of the child, not being a person who has such care and control by reason of any contract for some temporary purpose, may be treated as the resources of the child, if, having regard to all the circumstances, including the age and resources of the child and to any conflict of interest, it appears just and equitable to do so.

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Footnotes

f1: 1976 c. 71; section 17 was amended by the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 16.