CBTM02020 | Claims, awards and rates: Time within which claim is to be made

Child Benefit & Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations, regulation 6

This is 3 months, beginning with any day on which, apart from satisfying the conditions for making the claim, the person making the claim is entitled to the benefit or allowance.

Different rules apply for refugees, see CBTM10140 and those granted leave to remain under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.

Child Benefit & Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations, regulation 7

Anyone making a claim must furnish any certificates, documents, information and evidence in connection with that claim, or any question arising out of it, as may be required by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs.

They must do so within one month of being so required, or within such longer period as Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs may consider reasonable.