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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525456",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 1—\n(a) “qualifying child” means, in relation to a person in receipt of an allowance, income support or working tax credit, a child who ordinarily resides with that person and who—\n(i) is under the age of 16; or\n(ii) is 16 or over but under the age of 20 and in full-time education (other than higher education within the meaning of section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996);\n(b) “qualifying component” means—\n(i) child tax credit which includes a disability or severe disability element;\n(ii) a disabled child premium;\n(iii) a disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe disability premium; or\n(iv) a pensioner premium, higher pensioner premium or enhanced pensioner premium;\n(c) “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Children Act 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c.56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c.41."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}