# The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2003 (revoked) S.I. 2003/493 · made 5 March 2003 · revised to 10 April 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-regulations-2003-revoked/pdf/uksi_20030493_en.pdf ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY Made 5th March 2003 Laid before Parliament 5th March 2003 Coming into force 7th April 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introductory ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Meaning of “person responsible for child” ## 2 Child in residential accommodation in prescribed circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Days of absence to be disregarded in determining whether a child is living with a person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Prescribed circumstances relating to contributions and expenditure in respect of a child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Meaning of “child” ## 5 Prescribed circumstances in which education is to be treated as full-time education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Prescribed interruptions to full-time education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Prescribed period for which a person who has ceased to receive full-time education is to continue to be treated as a child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Prescribed conditions for a person under the age of 18 and not receiving full-time education to be treated as a child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Exclusions and priority ## 9 Exclusion from child benefit of children aged 16 but under the age of 19 who are receiving advanced education or training under a relevant training programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Exclusion from child benefit where certain financial support is payable to the child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Employed trainees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Child living with another person as his spouse or civil partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Child in a relevant relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Prescribed manner of making an election under Schedule 10 to the Contributions and Benefits Act and Schedule 10 to the Contributions and Benefits (NI) Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Modification of priority between persons entitled to child benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Children in detention, care etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Child undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Child in care in such circumstances as may be prescribed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Interpretation of facts existing in a week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Entitlement after death of child ## 20 Entitlement after death of child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Residence ## 21 Circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Persons temporarily absent from Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Application of regulation 22 where the person is in Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Circumstances in which a child is to be treated as being in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Persons temporarily absent from Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Application of regulation 26 where the person is in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Circumstances in which a child is to be treated as being in Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Overlap of entitlement to child benefit under both the legislation of Northern Ireland and Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Crown servants posted overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Partners of Crown servants posted overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Children of Crown servants posted overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Transitional provisions for Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: General and supplementary provisions ## 34 Persons treated as residing together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Polygamous marriages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Right to child benefit of voluntary organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Disapplication of section 13(1A) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 11(1A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Exception to section 13(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Use of electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Revocations ## 40 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: REVOCATIONS ## 1 REVOCATIONS APPLICABLE TO GREAT BRITAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 REVOCATIONS APPLICABLE TO NORTHERN IRELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/493 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-regulations-2003-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.