{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-act-2005/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-act-2005/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/6",
  "legislation_title": "Child Benefit Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-act-2005",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Persons for whom child benefit may be claimed: Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) In section 137 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), (which provides that, subject to what follows, a person is entitled to child benefit in respect of each child for whom he is responsible)—\n(a) after “one or more children” insert “ or qualifying young persons ”, and\n(b) for “child or each of the children” substitute “ child or qualifying young person, or each of the children or qualifying young persons, ”.\n(2) For section 138 of that Act (which defines as a child for the purposes of child benefit a person who is under 16, or is under 18 and not in full-time education but satisfies prescribed conditions, or is under 19 and in full-time education) substitute—\n““Child” and “qualifying young person”\n138 (1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act a person is a child if he has not attained the age of 16.\n(2) In this Part of this Act “qualifying young person” means a person, other than a child, who —\n(a) has not attained such age (greater than 16) as is prescribed by regulations made by the Treasury, and\n(b) satisfies conditions so prescribed.”\n(3) Part 2 of Schedule 1 contains amendments consequential on this section.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 10.4.2006; Act in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent and otherwise in force at 10.4.2006, see s. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/6/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:28.469801+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}