Regulation 6 Amendment of the Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004

(1)

In regulation 18A (permitted withdrawals from an account where the child is terminally ill), in paragraph (2)(b), for Case 1 substitute—

“Case 1

The child:

(i)
in England and Wales or Scotland falls within either section 72(5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1 (special rules for terminally ill person’s entitlement to care component of disability living allowance) or section 82(4) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012^f2 (terminal illness); or

(ii)
in Northern Ireland, falls within section 72(5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f3 (the care component).”.

(2)

In paragraph (3), after “regulation” omit “, and shall also notify the account provider”.

(3)

In paragraph (6)—

(a)

after “meaning ” insert: “(a) for England, Wales and Scotland,”;

(b)

before the full stop at the end insert: “or in section 82(4) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (terminal illness); or (b) for Northern Ireland, in section 72(5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (the care component)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 4; relevant amendments made by section 67(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) and section 52 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5).
f2: 2012 c. 5.
f3: 1992 c. 7; amended by SI 1999/3147 and S.R. 1999/494.