Responsible for a child
You must be responsible for the child on the date of your claim for Scottish child payment and continue to be responsible for her/him for each week of entitlement. You count as responsible for a child if you meet either of the following conditions.
•The child is your or your partner’s dependant. S/he is a dependant if:1Regs 9 and 12 SCP Regs (draft) ◦you are getting child benefit for her/him; or
◦you are getting universal credit (UC) and s/he is included in your award (Note: it does not matter if a child element is not payable because of the ‘two-child limit’); or
◦you are getting child tax credit (CTC) and s/he is included in your award (Note: it does not matter if a child element is not payable because of the ‘two-child limit’); or
◦you are getting a child amount for her/him in your pension credit (PC).
•You are a kinship carer for the child and either you have a kinship care order or the child is looked after by the local authority and has been placed with you by the local authority.