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Child benefit (new rates, etc.).
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6.—(1) The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Part III (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1997) of the following Part:
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“PART III
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Amounts of Child Benefit
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Amount for each of first 2 children
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Amount for each child in excess of 2
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(1)
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(2)
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£31.50
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£42.00
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(2) Section 194 of the Principal Act (as amended by section 5 of the Act of 1996) is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
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“(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, the monthly benefit payable to a qualified person in respect of a qualified child whose birth was part of—
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(a) a multiple birth of two children, of whom two remain qualified, shall be 150 per cent. of the amount as set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule, or
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(b) a multiple birth of three or more children, of whom—
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(i) not less than three remain qualified, shall be 200 per cent. of the amount as set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule,
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(ii) not less than two remain qualified, shall be 150 per cent. of the amount as set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule, and
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(iii) one remains qualified, shall be payable at the amount set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule.”,
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(b) the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:
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“(4) The amount of the grant payable in accordance with subsection (3) shall be £500.”,
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and
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(c) the substitution for subsections (6A) (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1996) and (7) of the following subsections:
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“(7) Subject to this Act, a person who is qualified for child benefit shall be paid a grant of £500 in respect of a multiple birth of two or more qualified children, on the 4th and 12th anniversary of the birth of the last born of such multiple birth.
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(8) Payment of a grant under subsection (3) or subsection (7) shall be in addition to any child benefit payable by way of a monthly benefit under this Part in respect of the children concerned.”.
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(3) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1998.
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