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Regulation 75 Meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Child Support OrderI1

Northern Ireland

F1(1)

F2Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the prescribed condition for the purposes of Article 3(1)f1 is that the person is a qualifying young person as defined in section 138(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Actf2.

F3(2)

A person does not satisfy the condition referred to in paragraph (1) where the person is—

(a)

engaged in remunerative work in any week during a prescribed period; or

(b)

in receipt of other financial support in any week.

(3)

Case 2.1(b)(i) in regulation 7(2) (qualifying young person: terminal dates) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (the “2006 Regulations”) is to be read as if at the beginning, there were inserted “the week in which”.

(4)

In this regulation—

  • “other financial support” means any of the types of financial support specified in regulation 8(2) (child benefit not payable in respect of a qualifying young person: other financial support) of the 2006 Regulations;

  • “prescribed period” is the period found in accordance with cases 1 and 2 of regulation 7(2) of the 2006 Regulations (as modified in respect of case 2.1(b)(i) by paragraph (3) of this regulation);

  • “remunerative work” has the meaning given in regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the 2006 Regulations

  • “week” has the meaning given in the 2006 Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 75 renumbered as reg. 75(1) (19.7.2021) by The Child Support Maintenance Calculation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/188), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 75(1) substituted (19.7.2021) by The Child Support Maintenance Calculation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/188), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

F3

Reg. 75(2)-(4) inserted (19.7.2021) by The Child Support Maintenance Calculation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/188), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 75 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

Article 3 is substituted by section 26 of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

f2

Section 138 was substituted by section 2(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005