# Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, Section 3: Relative poverty


A child falls within this section in a financial year if the child lives in a household whose equivalised net income for the year is less than 60% of median equivalised net household income for the year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-poverty-scotland-act-2017/section-3
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