Regulation 12 Child who is a boarder or an in-patient in hospitalI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Where the circumstances of the case are that—

(a)

a qualifying child is a boarder at a boarding school or is an in-patient in a hospital; and

(b)

by reason of those circumstances, the person who would otherwise provide day to day care is not doing so,

that case shall be treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act.

(2)

For the purposes of this case, section 3(3)(b) of the Act shall be modified so that for the reference to the person who usually provides day to day care for the child there shall be substituted a reference to the person who would usually be providing such care for that child but for the circumstances specified in paragraph (1).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 12 in force at 18.1.2001 in accordance with, see reg. 1(4)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked for certain cases only (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), regs. 1(4), 10(e)