# Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Paragraph 1

Extent: N.I.

(1) Except where regulations otherwise provide, no person shall be entitled to child benefit in respect of a child or qualifying young person for any week if in that week the child or qualifying young person—
(a) is undergoing imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre;
(b) is authorised under the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to be detained in a juvenile justice centre, and is not out under supervision;
(c) is liable to be detained by virtue of Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and is not discharged on licence;
(d) is the subject of an order under that Order of 1998 committing him to custody in any place to which he may be committed on remand;
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) is—
(i) in the care of the Department; or
(ii) the subject of a parental rights order under section 104 of that Act of 1968,
in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above the reference to a child or qualifying young person in the care of the Department includes a reference to a child or qualifying young person in the care of ... a Health and Social Care trust.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/7/schedule/9/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/schedule-9/paragraph-1
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