# The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2001, Paragraph 25


In Schedule 4 (glossary of expressions)—
(a) for item 15 (definition of “adopted”) substitute—
“
15
“adopted”
adopted within the meaning in Part IV of the Adoption Act 1976 or, in Scotland, section 38 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 and “adoption” shall be construed accordingly
”
(b) for item 19 (definition of “child”) substitute—
“
19
“child”
in relation to a member of the armed forces, a child with respect to whom the member—
(a) is in law the mother or father of the child, including by adoption;
(b) is the child’s step parent; or
(c) is the child’s foster parent within the meaning in the Children Act 1989 or, in Scotland, the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984; and in each case the member—
(i) is regularly maintaining him or contributing to his maintenance or could reasonably be expected to do so;
(ii) where the member has died, was regularly maintaining him or contributing to his maintenance up to the date of his death or could reasonably have been expected to do so; or
(iii) where the child was unborn at the date of the member’s death, would have so maintained him or contributed to his maintenance.
”; and
(c) for item 50 (definition of “student”) substitute—
“
50
“student”
a person who is aged less than 19 and attending a full-time course of education at a school, university or college, or any other educational establishment recognised by the Secretary of State as being of comparable status, and for the purpose of this Order a person may continue to be a student for a period of up to 13 weeks after he ceases to attend such a course and before he reaches the age of 19 as the Secretary of State may in any particular case determine.
”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/409/schedule/1/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-25
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