# Child Benefit Act 2005, Section 2: Persons for whom child benefit may be claimed: Northern Ireland

Extent: N.I.

(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)—
(a) after “one or more children” insert “ or qualifying young persons ”, and
(b) for “child or each of the children” substitute “ child or qualifying young person, or each of the children or qualifying young persons, ”.
(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—
““Child” and “qualifying young person”
138 (1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act a person is a child if he has not attained the age of 16.
(2) In this Part of this Act “qualifying young person” means a person, other than a child, who —
(a) has not attained such age (greater than 16) as is prescribed by regulations made by the Treasury, and
(b) satisfies conditions so prescribed.”
(3) Part 2 of Schedule 1 contains amendments consequential on this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/6/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-act-2005/section-2
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