Entitlement to child’s pension

(1) A periodical payment (hereafter in these Regulations referred to as “child’s pension”) shall be payable to or in Social Security 81 respect of a child of the relevant person, if at the date of death of the relevant person, that child– (a) was living with the relevant person; (b) was not living with the relevant person but was wholly or mainly maintained by the relevant person; (c) was not living with the relevant person but it is shown to the satisfaction of the Manager that the relevant person was legally obliged or liable to maintain the child; or (d) was over 18 years but permanently incapable of self–support, and a child’s pension would have been payable to or in respect of that child had that child been under 18 years. (2) A child’s pension shall be payable until the child attains his eighteenth birthday: Provided that– (i) in the case of a child who at the date of the relevant person’s death was permanently incapable of self–support the child’s pension shall continue to be payable for the period during which the child remains so incapable; (ii) in the case of a child in receipt of a child’s pension who at the date on which he attains his eighteenth birthday shows to the satisfaction of the Manager that he is receiving fulltime education the payment of the pension shall continue until the day 82 Social Security immediately preceding the child’s twenty–first birthday or until full–time education ceases whichever occurs earlier.