Paragraph 3 Child or qualifying young person normally living with the claimantF1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a claimant is responsible for a child or qualifying young person who normally lives with the claimant.

A claimant is not responsible for a qualifying young person if the two of them are living as a couple.

Where a child or qualifying young person normally lives with two or more persons who are not a couple, only one of them is to be treated as responsible, and that is the person who has the main responsibility for that child or qualifying young person.

The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (3) may jointly nominate for the purposes of this Schedule which of them has the main responsibility for the child or qualifying young person, but the Secretary of State may determine that question—