The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2003

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART 2 Meaning of “person responsible for child”

    1. 2.Child in residential accommodation in prescribed circumstances

    2. 3.Days of absence to be disregarded in determining whether a child is living with a person

    3. 4.Prescribed circumstances relating to contributions and expenditure in respect of a child

  4. PART 3 Meaning of “child”

    1. 5.Prescribed circumstances in which education is to be treated as full-time education

    2. 6.Prescribed interruptions to full-time education

    3. 7.Prescribed period for which a person who has ceased to receive full-time education is to continue to be treated as a child

    4. 8.Prescribed conditions for a person under the age of 18 and not receiving full-time education to be treated as a child

  5. PART 4 Exclusions and priority

    1. 9.Exclusion from child benefit of children aged 16 but under the age of 19 who are receiving advanced education or training under a relevant training programme

    2. 10.Exclusion from child benefit where certain financial support is payable to the child

    3. 11.Employed trainees

    4. 12.Child living with another person as his spouse

    5. 13.Married child

    6. 14.Prescribed manner of making an election under Schedule 10 to the Contributions and Benefits Act and Schedule 10 to the Contributions and Benefits (NI) Act

    7. 15.Modification of priority between persons entitled to child benefit

    8. 16.Children in detention, care etc.

    9. 17.Child undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody

    10. 18.Child in care in such circumstances as may be prescribed

    11. 19.Interpretation of facts existing in a week

  6. PART 5 Entitlement after death of child

    1. 20.Entitlement after death of child

  7. PART 6 Residence

    1. 21.Circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in Great Britain

    2. 22.Persons temporarily absent from Great Britain

    3. 23.Application of regulation 22 where the person is in Northern Ireland

    4. 24.Circumstances in which a child is to be treated as being in Great Britain

    5. 25.Circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in Northern Ireland

    6. 26.Persons temporarily absent from Northern Ireland

    7. 27.Application of regulation 26 where the person is in Great Britain

    8. 28.Circumstances in which a child is to be treated as being in Northern Ireland

    9. 29.Overlap of entitlement to child benefit under both the legislation of Northern Ireland and Great Britain

    10. 30.Crown servants posted overseas

    11. 31.Partners of Crown servants posted overseas

    12. 32.Children of Crown servants posted overseas

    13. 33.Transitional provisions for Part 6

  8. PART 7 General and supplementary provisions

    1. 34.Persons treated as residing together

    2. 35.Polygamous marriages

    3. 36.Right to child benefit of voluntary organisations

    4. 37.Disapplication of section 13(1A) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 11(1A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

    5. 38.Exception to section 13(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

    6. 39.Use of electronic communications

  9. PART 8 Revocations

    1. 40.Revocations

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      POWERS EXERCISED IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS

      1. 1.The following provisions of the Contributions and Benefits Act—

      2. 2.The following provisions of the Contributions and Benefits (NI) Act—...

      3. 3.Section 132(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1999.

      4. 4.The following provisions of the Tax Credits Act 2002—

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REVOCATIONS

      1. PART 1 REVOCATIONS APPLICABLE TO GREAT BRITAIN

      2. PART 2 REVOCATIONS APPLICABLE TO NORTHERN IRELAND

  12. Explanatory Note