# Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, Section 4: Absolute poverty


(1) 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 the amount of median equivalised net household income for the financial year beginning with 1 April 2010, adjusted to take account of changes in the value of money since that financial year.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations substitute a different date for the date mentioned for the time being in subsection (1).
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) are subject to the affirmative procedure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-poverty-scotland-act-2017/section-4
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