S.I. No. 265/2000 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Child Benefit) Regulations, 2000

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Child Benefit) Regulations, 2000.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2000 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2000.

Child Benefit.

2. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. 417 of 1994)) are hereby amended by

(a) the substitution in article 91 for Rule 1 of the following Rule

“1. A qualified child, who is resident with more than one of the following persons, his or her -

mother,

step - mother,

father,

step - father,

shall be regarded as normally residing with the person first so mentioned and with no other person

Provided that where the persons are resident in separate households, the qualified child shall be regarded as normally residing with the person with whom he or she resides for the majority of the time.”, and

(b) the substitution in paragraph (1) (a) of article 109 for “3” of “6”.

GIVEN

under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs this 31st day of July, 2000.

DERMOT AHERN

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations amend the current arrangements for payment of Child Benefit to provide that, in cases of shared custody of a qualified child who resides on a part-time basis with each of his/her parents, payment will be made to the parent with whom the child resides for the greater part.

The Regulations further provide for the extension of the period for back-dating Child Benefit claims to six months.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4, 193 and 205 (as amended by

sections 11

and

13

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2000

(No. 4 of 2000)) of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

(No. 27 of 1993) hereby makes the following Regulations

Citation and construction.