{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-tax-credit-regulations-2002/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-tax-credit-regulations-2002/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2007",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-tax-credit-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Adoption",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to A if A has been—\n(a) placed for adoption with the claimant or either or both of the joint claimants; or\n(b) adopted by the claimant, or either or both of the joint claimants, in accordance with—\n(i) the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”);\n(ii) the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”); or\n(iii) the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (“the 1987 Order”).\n(2) But this regulation does not apply in relation to A if—\n(a) the claimant or at least one of the joint claimants—\n(i) was a step-parent of A immediately prior to the adoption; or\n(ii) has been a parent of A (other than by adoption) at any time;\n(b) the adoption order was made as a Convention adoption order within the meaning of—\n(i) section 144 of the 2002 Act;\n(ii) section 119(1) of the 2007 Act; or\n(iii) article 2(2) of the 1987 Order; or\n(c) prior to the adoption, A was adopted by the claimant, or either or both of the joint claimants, under the law of any country or territory outside the British Islands.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 9-14 inserted (6.4.2017) by The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/387), regs. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 11 modified (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2003/742, reg. 25C (as inserted by The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/387), regs. 1, 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2007/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:19.266331+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}