Paragraph 18 I1

England and Wales

(1)

Whether the pupil normally resides with a person specified in sub-paragraph (2) who is—

(a)

a person subject to service law by virtue of section 367(1) of the Armed Forces Act 2006^f1, or

(b)

a person subject to service law by virtue of section 4(3)(a) of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933^f2,

and who has been assigned Personal Status Category 1 or 2 (within the meaning of the “Personal Status Category Definitions” document published by the Ministry of Defence on 18th October 2007^f3) by the Secretary of State for Defence.

(2)

The person referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—

(a)

a parent of the pupil;

(b)

a person who is not the pupil’s parent and who is married to, or a civil partner of, a parent of the pupil; or

(c)

a person not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) who has parental responsibility for the pupil within the meaning of section 3 of the 1989 Act.

(3)

Section 576 of the 1996 Act^f4 (meaning of “parent”) does not apply to this paragraph.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 18 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 52. Section 382 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 provides that the Act expires at the end of one year beginning with the day on which the Armed Forces Act 2011 is passed (3rd November 2011) unless continued by an Order in Council (but not beyond the year 2016). The Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1750), article 2 continues the Armed Forces Act 2006 in force until 3rd November 2013.
f2: 1933 c. 6. Section 4(3) was amended by the Armed Forces Act 2006, c 52, Schedule 16 paragraph 14(1), (3)(a) and (b).
f3: A copy of this document can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-status-category-definitions
f4: Section 576 was amended by the School Standards and Frameworks Act 1998 c. 31, Schedule 30, paragraph 180(a) and Schedule 31, paragraph 1.