Paragraph 4 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

(1)

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 143(3)(c) (disregard of days of absence in the case of children in residential accommodation in pursuance of arrangements made under the specified enactments)^f2, for sub-paragraph (vii) and the word “or” immediately preceding it substitute—

“(vii)
the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; or

(viii)
the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.”.

(3)

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (exclusions from entitlement to child benefit)^f3 for sub‑paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)
is subject to a compulsory supervision order (within the meaning of section 83 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) and is residing in a residential establishment (within the meaning of section 202(1) of that Act);”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c.4.
f2: Section 143(3)(c) was amended by: the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6), Schedule 2(1), paragraph 1; the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c.6), Schedule 4(I), paragraph 5; the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43).
f3: Paragraph 1 was amended by the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6), Schedule 1(1), paragraph 17(2).