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				<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/21/notes/division/6/1/11</dc:identifier><dc:subject>Tax credits</dc:subject><dc:subject>Benefits for parents and children</dc:subject><dc:subject>Benefits</dc:subject><dc:subject>Income support</dc:subject><dc:subject>Child benefit</dc:subject><dc:title>Explanatory Notes to Tax Credits Act 2002</dc:title><dc:creator>Inland Revenue</dc:creator><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2014-07-03</dc:modified>
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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/21" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="0021">Tax Credits Act 2002</Citation></Title>
<Number>21</Number>
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<DateText>8 July 2002</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00138" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/21/section/11" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-11">Section 11</CitationSubRef>: Maximum rate</Title>
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<Text><CitationSubRef id="c00140" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/21/section/11" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-11">Section 11</CitationSubRef> provides for the elements making up the working tax credit to be set out in regulations.</Text>
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<Text>The working tax credit must include an element available to any person entitled to working tax credit.  This is to be known as the "basic element" of working tax credit.  A person entitled to working tax credit must also be entitled to an extra element, to be known as the “disability element”, if they have a disability that puts them at a disadvantage in getting a job and they satisfy such other conditions as are set out in regulations.</Text>
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<Text>The section then enables regulations to be made setting out the other elements of working tax credit available.  These may include:</Text>
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<Text>an element for being engaged in remunerative work to a certain extent, for example, working a certain number of hours;</Text>
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<Text>an element for couples, or for lone parents;</Text>
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<Text>an element for adults who are disabled or severely disabled;</Text>
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<Text>an element for adults over a prescribed age, meeting prescribed criteria and returning to work after a prescribed period.</Text>
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