# The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992


(1) Schedule 1 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Act) to the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 1, substitute—
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1 (1) A person satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed for the purposes of section 55(1)(of the Act if that person satisfies any of the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) The person is receiving full-time education (which is not advanced education)—
(a) by attendance at a recognised educational establishment; or
(b) elsewhere, if the education is recognised by the Secretary of State.
(3) The person is a person in respect of whom child benefit is payable.”.
(3) Omit paragraph 1A.
(4) In paragraph 2—
(a) for “section 55 of the Act” substitute “ this Schedule ”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (a), after “education” insert “ , a higher national certificate ”.
(5) In paragraph 3, for “section 55 of the Act” substitute “ this Schedule ”.
(6) In paragraph 4, for “section 55(1)(b) of the Act” substitute “ paragraph 1(2) ”.
(7) For paragraph 6, substitute—
“
6 In this Schedule, “recognised educational establishment” means an establishment recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Schedule as being, or as comparable to, a university, college or school.”
(8) After paragraph 6 insert—
“Education otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment
7 For the purposes of paragraph 1(2), the Secretary of State may recognise education provided for a person otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment only if satisfied that education was being so provided for that person immediately before that person attained the age of 16.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2785/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-meaning-of-child-and-new-calculation-rules-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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