3.—(1) Schedule 1 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Act) to the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000 M1 is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 1, substitute—
“1.—(1) A person satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed for the purposes of section 55(1)(of the Act M2 if that person satisfies any of the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) The person is receiving full-time education (which is not advanced education)—
(a)by attendance at a recognised educational establishment; or
(b)elsewhere, if the education is recognised by the Secretary of State.
(3) The person is a person in respect of whom child benefit is payable.”.
(3) Omit paragraph 1A.
(4) In paragraph 2—
(a)for “section 55 of the Act” substitute “ this Schedule ”; and
(b)in sub-paragraph (a), after “education” insert “ , a higher national certificate ”.
(5) In paragraph 3, for “section 55 of the Act” substitute “ this Schedule ”.
(6) In paragraph 4, for “section 55(1)(b) of the Act” substitute “ paragraph 1(2) ”.
(7) For paragraph 6, substitute—
“6. In this Schedule, “recognised educational establishment” means an establishment recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Schedule as being, or as comparable to, a university, college or school.”
(8) After paragraph 6 insert—
7. For the purposes of paragraph 1(2), the Secretary of State may recognise education provided for a person otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment only if satisfied that education was being so provided for that person immediately before that person attained the age of 16.”.