Tax Credits Act 2002 Schedule 3 para 20

Amendment to local authority contribution towards maintenance provisions

Schedule 3 paragraph 20 amends the rules about when a local authority cannot require a contribution towards the maintenance of a child or young person from individuals receiving certain tax credits and benefits.

• This paragraph amends Schedule 2, paragraph 21(4) of existing legislation concerning local authority contributions towards maintenance.
• The old references to working families' tax credit and disabled person's tax credit are removed.
• New references are inserted for child tax credit (excluding the family element) and working tax credit.
• The effect is that recipients of these new tax credits continue to be protected from having to make contributions towards maintenance to a local authority.