# The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002


In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a) insert as the first definition—
““A”, as a noun, has the meaning given by regulation 7(2A);”;
(b) 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))”;
(c) before the definition of “joint claim” insert—
““income support” means income support under section 124 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”;
(d) after the definition of the “normally living with test” insert—
““old style JSA” means a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 as that Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 that remove references to an income-based allowance;”;
(e) after the definition of “remunerative work” insert—
““step-parent”, in relation to A, means a person who is not A’s parent but—
(a) is a member of a couple, the other member of which is a parent of A, where both are responsible for A; or
(b) was previously a member of—
(i) a couple, the other member of which was a parent of A, or
(ii) a polygamous unit (within the meaning of the Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003), 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;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/387/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-tax-credit-amendment-regulations-2017/regulation-3
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