Regulation 4 Amendment of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002: 16-year olds, etc

(1)

This regulation amends the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002^f1 as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “placing for adoption”, it substitutes—

““placing for adoption” means placing for adoption in accordance with—

(a)

the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005^f2,

(b)

the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005^f3,

(c)

the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009^f4, or

(d)

the Adoption Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989^f5;”.

(3)

In the following places in Rule 4.1 of regulation 3, after “under”, it inserts: “section 22C(10)^f6 or”—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (i) in Case A;

(b)

in Case B.

(4)

In regulation 4—

(a)

for “A” at the beginning of paragraph (1), it substitutes: “Subject to paragraph (1A), a”;

(b)

after paragraph (1), it inserts—

“(1A)
A person who attains the age of sixteen on 31st August is a qualifying young person from the date on which that person attained that age.”;

(c)

after paragraph (2), it inserts—

“(2A)
Paragraph (1A) is subject to regulation 5.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/2007, amended by S.I. 2008/2169; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
f2: S.I. 2005/289, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: S.I. 2005/1313 (W. 95), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f4: S.S.I. 2009/154, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f5: S.I. 1989/253, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f6: Section 22C(10) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) was inserted by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23).