Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | 2016 c. 7 |
- “child” means—
- (a) a person who has not attained the age of 16;
- (b) a person who is 16, 17 or 18 and is in full-time education;
- (c) a person who is 16, 17 or 18, is not in employment or full-time education and is a member of the same household as the person's parent;
- (d) a person who has attained the age of 16 but not the age of 25 and for whom an EHC plan is maintained under section 37 of the Children and Families Act 2014 or a statement of special educational needs is maintained under section 324 of the Education Act 1996;
- “education” includes training;
- “financial year” means—
- (a) a period starting with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with the following 31 March;
- (b) except where paragraph (a) applies, a period of 12 months ending with 31 March;
- “household” means a group of two or more persons who—
- (a) have the same only or main residence, and
- (b) share living accommodation or one meal each day;
- “local authority” means—
- (a) a county council in England;
- (b) a district council for an area in England for which there is no county council;
- (c) a London borough council;
- (d) the Common Council of the City of London, in its capacity as a local authority;
- (e) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
- “parent”, in relation to a person, includes an individual—
- (a) who is not a parent of the person but does have parental responsibility for the person, or
- (b) who has care of the person;
- “relevant household” means a household that includes—
- (a) a child, and
- (b) a person who is that child's parent.
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