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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-poverty-scotland-act-2017/section-14",
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  "legislation": "asp/2017/6",
  "legislation_title": "Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-poverty-scotland-act-2017",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“2030 targets” has the meaning given by section 1(2),\n“child” means—\n(a)a person under the age of 16, or\n(b)a person who is a qualifying young person for the purposes of Part 9 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,\n“interim targets” has the meaning given by section 2(2),\n“parent” includes an individual with whom a child resides and who has care of the child,\n“protected characteristics” means the characteristics listed in section 149(7) of the Equality Act 2010.\n(2) In sections 9, 10 and 13, a reference to “child poverty targets”, in relation to a plan or a report, is a reference to—\n(a) the interim targets and the 2030 targets, to the extent that the plan or report relates to a period ending on or before 31 March 2024,\n(b) the 2030 targets, to the extent that the plan or report relates to a period beginning on or after 1 April 2024.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:20.753180+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."
}