Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976 (the principal Regulations). They define“remunerative work” and“youth training scheme” (regulation 2); revise the circumstances in which child benefit is not payable for a period of interruption of full-time education (regulation 3); and substitute a reference to remunerative work for a reference to“full-time gainful employment” in regulation 7(3) (regulation 4). They also substitute a new regulation 7B to provide that child benefit shall not be payable in respect of a child who is receiving training under the youth training scheme in respect of which an allowance may be paid (regulation 5); and add a new regulation 7D to provide for a person to be treated as a child during a further period where that person is registered for work or training (regulation 6). In addition, the Regulations incorporate regulation 12 of the Child Benefit (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1984 (modification of section 6(3) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 regarding the rule that only one person is entitled to receive child benefit in respect of a child) with technical amendments into the principal Regulations (regulation 7) and revoke the Child Benefit (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1984 in so far as they have not yet been revoked (regulation 8).