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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-lone-parents-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008/schedule/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110843285",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-lone-parents-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Lone parent responsible for a child aged 6, 7, 8 or 9",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 4 comes into force in relation to a person who falls within this Part of this Schedule in accordance with the following provisions.\n(2) In the case of a person described in column (1) of the table, it comes into force (subject to sub-paragraph (3)) on the day specified in the corresponding entry in column (2).\n(3) Where —\n(a) that person has claimed, or is treated as having made a claim, for a child tax credit, and\n(b) the award is not decided before the day mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2),\nregulation 4 comes into force in relation to that person at the end of the period of 4 weeks beginning with the day mentioned in that entry.\nColumn (1)\nColumn (2)\nDescription\nDay regulation 4 takes effect\n1. A lone parent who, on the relevant day, is responsible for—\nThe first day of the first benefit week in which a requirement to take part in a work-focused interview would, apart from this Schedule, next have arisen in relation to that person on or after 25th October 2010.\n(a)\na single child aged 9 whose 9th birthday occurred before 25th October 2010, or\n(b)\nmore than one child where the youngest child is aged 9 and whose 9th birthday occurred before that date,\nwho is a member of that person’s household.\n2. A lone parent who, on the relevant day, is responsible for—\n25th October 2010.\n(a)\na single child who attains the age of 9 on 25th October 2010, or\n(b)\nmore than one child where the youngest child attains the age of 9 on that date,\nwho is a member of that person’s household.\n3. A lone parent who, on the relevant day, is responsible for—\nThe day on which the child in question attains the age of 9.\n(a)\na single child aged 8 whose 9th birthday occurs after 25th October 2010, or\n(b)\nmore than one child where the youngest child is aged 8 and whose 9th birthday occurs after that date,\nwho is a member of that person’s household.\n4. A lone parent who, on the relevant day, is responsible for—\nThe first day of the first benefit week in which a requirement to take part in a work-focused interview would, apart from this Schedule, next have arisen in relation to that person on or after 3rd January 2011.\n(a)\na single child aged 7, or aged 6 and whose 7th birthday occurs on or before 2nd January 2011, or\n(b)\nmore than one child where the youngest child is aged 7, or aged 6 and whose 7th birthday occurs on or before that date,\nwho is a member of that person’s household.\n5. A lone parent who, on the relevant day, is responsible for—\nThe day on which the child in question attains the age of 7.\n(a)\na single child aged 6 whose 7th birthday occurs after 2nd January 2011, or\n(b)\nmore than one child where the youngest child is aged 6 and whose 7th birthday occurs after that date,\nwho is a member of that person’s household.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110843285/schedule/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:15:54.815170+00:00"
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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."
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