{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/492",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Manner of making elections under regulations 19 and 20",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to elections under regulations 19 and 20.\n(2) An election—\n(a) must be made by notice in writing to the Board; and\n(b) must be delivered or sent to an appropriate office as regards the Board.\n(3) An election is made on the date on which it is received by the appropriate office.\n(4) Where a person has made an election, child benefit is payable weekly so long as—\n(a) he remains continually entitled to it; and\n(b) in the case of an election under regulation 19, the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of that regulation continue to be satisfied.\n(5) A person who has made an election may cancel it at any time by giving to the Board a notice in writing which must be sent or delivered to an appropriate office as regards the Board.\n(6) The Board must give effect to a notice given in accordance with paragraph (5) as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 7.4.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/492/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:58.368634+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."
}