Child Poverty Act 2010 (c. 9)

Part 1 U.K. National targets, strategies and reports

Targets relating to child poverty U.K.

2 Duty of Secretary of State to ensure that targets in sections 3 to 6 are met U.K.

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the following targets are met in relation to the United Kingdom in relation to the target year—

(a) the relative low income target in section 3,

(b) the combined low income and material deprivation target in section 4,

(c) the absolute low income target in section 5, and

(d) the persistent poverty target in section 6.

(2) The target year is the financial year beginning with 1 April 2020.