Regulation 7 Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household
Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a relevant person and any partner and, where the relevant person or his partner is treated as responsible by virtue of regulation 6 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) for a child or young person, that child or young person and any child of that child or young person, shall be treated as members of the same household where any of them is absent from the dwelling occupied as his home.
A child or young person shall not be treated as a member of the relevant person’s household where he is–
boarded out with the relevant person or his partner under a relevant enactment; or
boarded out with the relevant person or his partner prior to adoption; or
Subject to paragraph (4), paragraph (1) shall not apply to a child or young person who is not living with the relevant person and he–
is in the care of a local authority under a relevant enactment; or
has been boarded out with a person other than the relevant person prior to adoption; or
has been placed for adoption pursuant to a decision under the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 or the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1984.
A child or young person to whom paragraph (3)(a) applies shall be treated as being a member of the relevant person’s household in any period of 7 consecutive days commencing upon a Monday and ending on a Sunday where–
that child or young person lives with the relevant person for part or all of that period, and
it is reasonable to do so taking into account the nature and frequency of that child’s or young person’s visits.
In this regulation “relevant enactment” means the Army Act 1955f3, the Air Force Act 1955f4, the Naval Discipline Act 1957f5, the Adoption Act 1958f6, the Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958f7, the Children Act 1958f8, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968f9, the Family Law Reform Act 1969f10, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969f11, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973f12, the Guardianship Act 1973f13, the Children Act 1975f14, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978f15, the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978f16, the Child Care Act 1980f17 and the Foster Children Act 1980f18.