# The Social Security (Contributions Credits for Parents and Carers) Regulations 2009, Regulation 5: Meaning of “engaged in caring”


(1) For the purposes of subsection (3)(c) of section 23A, a person is engaged in caring in a week—
(a) if that person is the partner of a person who is awarded child benefit for any part of that week in respect of a child under the age of 12;
(b) if that person is caring for another person or persons for a total of 20 or more hours in that week and—
(i) that other person is, or each of the persons cared for are, entitled to a relevant benefit for that week; or
(ii) the Secretary of State considers that level of care to be appropriate;
(c) if that person is one to whom any of paragraphs 4 to 6 (persons caring for another person) of Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 applies.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulations 6 to 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111486030/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-contributions-credits-for-parents-and-carers-regulations-2009/regulation-5
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