# Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, Section 6: Persistent poverty


(1) A child falls within this section in a financial year if the child has lived—
(a) in each of the survey years, in a household in Scotland, and
(b) in at least 3 of the survey years, in a household whose equivalised net income for the survey year was less than 60% of median equivalised net household income for the survey year.
(2) The survey years are—
(a) the calendar year that ends during the financial year, and
(b) the 3 previous calendar years.

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