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Regulation 5 Responsibility for children looked after by an authority

(1)

There is excluded from regulation 4(6)(a)—

(a)

any period which is in the nature of a planned short term break, or is one of a series of such breaks, for the purpose of providing respite for the person who normally cares for the child or qualifying young person;

(b)

any period during which the child or qualifying young person is placed with, or continues to live with, their parent or a person who has parental responsibility for themF1;

F2(c)

any period during which the child or qualifying young person is placed for adoption under the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation, a person has parental responsibility if they are not a foster parent and have parental responsibility within the meaning of Article 6 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Semicolon in Reg. 5(1)(b) substituted for Full stop (3.4.2024) by The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/54), regs. 1(2)(c), 7(2)(a)

F2

Reg. 5(1)(c) inserted (3.4.2024) by The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/54), regs. 1(2)(c), 7(2)(b)