# The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

S.I. 2017/607 · made 26 April 2017

These Regulations amend the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/223) (“the General Regulations”) with effect from 1st June 2017. Regulation 2 amends the definition of “approved training” in relation to Northern Ireland in regulation 1(3) (interpretation) of the General Regulations so as to update the references.

Made under: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2017/pdf/uksi_20170607_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2017/pdf/uksiem_20170607_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Social Security
Made 26th April 2017
Laid before Parliament 27th April 2017
Coming into force 1st June 2017
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 142(2)(b), and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 138(2)(b), 143(1) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now exercisable by them, make the following Regulations.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on the 1st June 2017.

## 2 Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006

(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(3) (interpretation), in the definition of “approved training”, for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, known as “PEACE IV Children and Young People 2.1” or “Training for Success””.

## Signature

Guto Bebb
Andrew Griffiths
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
26th April 2017

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the regulations)
These Regulations amend the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/223) (“the General Regulations”) with effect from 1st June 2017. Regulation 2 amends the definition of “approved training” in relation to Northern Ireland in regulation 1(3) (interpretation) of the General Regulations so as to update the references.
Under the General Regulations, arrangements made by the Government which are “approved training” are relevant for the purposes of determining whether a young person is a “qualifying young person” and whether a claimant responsible for the young person is entitled to Child Benefit. The definition of “approved training” in the General Regulations is also applied under the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2007) for the purposes of determining entitlement to Child Tax Credit.
A full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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