6(1)The contribution condition for a child’s special allowance is that—
(a)the contributor concerned must in respect of any one relevant year have actually paid contributions of a relevant class; and
(b)the earnings factor derived from those contributions must be not less than that year’s lower earnings limit multiplied by 50.
(2)For the purposes of this condition, a relevant year is any year ending before the date on which the contributor concerned attained pensionable age or died under that age.