Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Rates) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 10th April 2006 immediately after the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006^f1.

In these Regulations—

• “SSCBA” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

• “SSCB(NI)A” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

• “qualifying young person” means a person—

  1. (a)

     in Great Britain, who is such a person for the purposes of Part 9 of SSCBA; and

  2. (b)

     in Northern Ireland, who is such a person for the purposes of Part 9 of SSCB(NI)A.

References in these Regulations to any condition being satisfied or any facts existing shall be construed as references to the condition being satisfied or the facts existing at the beginning of that week.