Tax Credits Act 2002 Schedule 3 para 21

Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Schedule 3, paragraph 21 amends the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to update the list of qualifying benefits that entitle parents to have board and lodging charges waived for school residential trips, replacing the old working families' tax credit with the new tax credits.

• Amends Article 131(3)(b) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, which deals with remission of charges for board and lodging on residential school trips.
• Removes the reference to working families' tax credit, which was abolished under the old system.
• Adds entitlement to any element of child tax credit other than the family element as a qualifying benefit for fee remission.
• Adds entitlement to working tax credit as a qualifying benefit for fee remission.

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