The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Family credit: treatment of child care charges

4.—(1) Regulation 13A of the Family Credit Regulations(1) (treatment of child care charges) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In paragraph (2)(2) in the definition of “relevant child care charges” for “who is under the age of 11 years” there shall be substituted “in respect of the period beginning on, and including, that child’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Tuesday in September following that child’s eleventh birthday”.

(3) For paragraph (2A)(3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2A) In paragraph (2)—

(a) the age of a child referred to in that paragraph shall be determined by reference to the age of the child at the date on which the period under section 127(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (period of award) begins;

(b) “the first Tuesday in September” means the Tuesday which first occurs in the month of September in any year.”.

(1)

Regulation 13A was inserted by regulation 3(4) of S.R. 1994 No. 274

(2)

Paragraph (2) was amended by regulation 4(4)(a) of S.R. 1995 No. 86

(3)

Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 4(4)(b) of S.R. 1995 No. 86