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Child benefit.
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5.—(1) The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Part IV (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1991) of the following Part:
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“PART IV
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Amounts of Child Benefit
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Amount for each of first three children
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Amount for each child in excess of three
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(1)
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(2)
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£20.00
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£23.00
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1993.
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(3) Section 225 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) (as amended by section 17 of the Act of 1986) of the following subsections:
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“(3) Subject to this Act, a person who is qualified for child benefit shall be paid a grant in accordance with subsection (3A) in respect of two or more qualified children where the birth of each child was part of the same multiple birth.
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(3A) The amount of the grant payable in accordance with subsection (3) shall be £200 if the qualified children are two in number, £300 where they are three in number and £400 if they exceed three in number.”.
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(4) Subsection (3) of this section shall apply in the case of any multiple birth occurring on or after the 1st day of July, 1993.
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