Regulation 3 Amendment of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002

insert as the first definition—

• ““A”, as a noun, has the meaning given by regulation 7(2A);”;

in the definition of “claimant”, for the words from “except in regulation 7” to the end substitute “except in regulations 7 and 9 to 14 (for which see regulations 7(1) and 13(13) to (15))”;

before the definition of “joint claim” insert—

• ““income support” means income support under section 124 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”;

after the definition of the “normally living with test” insert—

• ““old style JSA” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995^f1 as that Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012^f2 that remove references to an income-based allowance;”;

after the definition of “remunerative work” insert—

• ““step-parent”, in relation to A, means a person who is not A’s parent but—

  1. (a)

     is a member of a couple, the other member of which is a parent of A, where both are responsible for A; or

  2. (b)

     was previously a member of—

     1. (i)

        a couple, the other member of which was a parent of A, or

     2. (ii)

        a polygamous unit (within the meaning of the Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003^f3), another member of which was a parent of A,

     if immediately prior to ceasing to be a member of that couple or that polygamous unit the person was, and has since remained, responsible for A;”.