{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005/regulation-16B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005/regulation-16B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1986",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/16B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16B",
  "heading": "Surviving dependants",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a child of the family of a qualifying member is a surviving dependant of that qualifying member for the purposes of these Regulations where—\n(a) the child was financially dependent on the member and is aged—\n(i) less than 18; or\n(ii) less than 23 and is—\n(aa) attending a qualifying course; or\n(bb) incapable of engaging in full time paid employment due to having a disability within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and\n(b) the scheme manager is provided with—\n(i) in the case of a natural child or unborn child, a birth certificate demonstrating that the child was the natural child of the member;\n(ii) in the case of an adopted child, the adoption certificate demonstrating that the child was the adopted child of the member;\n(iii) in the case of any other child in respect of whom sub-paragraph (a) is satisfied, evidence demonstrating to the satisfaction of the scheme manager that the child was a dependent child of the member immediately before the qualifying member’s death.\n(2) Where a person is regarded as a qualifying member by virtue of regulation 15(5) that person is not a surviving dependant of the former member referred to in regulation 15(5)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 16A - Reg. 16B inserted (10.7.2009) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1851), regs. 1, 11 (with reg. 37)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1986/regulation/16B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:55:48.068452+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}