{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-tax-credit-regulations-2002/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-tax-credit-regulations-2002/regulation-12.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/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Non-parental caring arrangements",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to A if the claimant or at least one of the joint claimants—\n(a) is a friend or family carer in relation to A; or\n(b) is responsible for a child or qualifying young person who is a parent of A.\n(2) But this regulation does not apply in relation to A if the claimant, or at least one of the joint claimants, is—\n(a) a parent of A; or\n(b) a step-parent of A.\n(3) In this regulation, “friend or family carer” means a person who is responsible for A and—\n(a) is named, in—\n(i) a child arrangements order under section 8 of the Children Act 1989, or\n(ii) a residence order under article 8 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995,\nas a person with whom A is to live;\n(b) is a guardian of A appointed under—\n(i) section 5 of the Children Act 1989;\n(ii) section 7 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; or\n(iii) article 159 or 160 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n(c) is a special guardian of A appointed under section 14A of the Children Act 1989;\n(d) is entitled to a guardian’s allowance under section 77 of the Contributions and Benefits Act or section 77 of the Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 in respect of A;\n(e) is a person in whose favour a kinship care order, as defined in section 72(1) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, subsists in relation to A;\n(f) is a person in whom one or more of the parental responsibilities or parental rights described in section 1 or 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are vested by a permanence order made in respect of A under section 80 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;\n(g) fell within any of paragraphs (a) to (f) immediately prior to A’s 16th birthday and has since continued to be responsible for A; or\n(h) has undertaken the care of A in circumstances in which it is likely that A would otherwise be looked after by a local authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "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": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(3)(f) substituted (28.11.2018) by The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1130), regs. 1, 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2007/regulation/12",
    "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."
}