462A Additional allowance for widowed parents and other single parents.

(1) (a) For the purposes of this section, “qualifying child”, in relation to a claimant and a year of assessment, has the same meaning as in section 462, and the question of whether a child is a qualifying child shall be determined on the same basis as it would be for the purposes of section 462, and subsections (4), (5)(b) and (6) of that section shall apply accordingly.

(b) This section shall apply to an individual other than an individual referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “specified amount” in section 461(1).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a claimant, being an individual to whom this section applies, proves for a year of assessment that a qualifying child is resident with him or her for the whole or part of the year, the claimant shall be entitled—

(a) if he or she is a widowed person, to a deduction of £2,650, or

(b) if he or she is an individual other than a widowed person, to a deduction of £3,150,

but this section shall not apply for any year of assessment in the case of a husband or a wife where the husband and wife are living together, or in the case of a man and woman living together as man and wife.

(3) A claimant shall be entitled to only one deduction under subsection (2) for any year of assessment irrespective of the number of qualifying children resident with the claimant in that year.

(4) No deduction shall be allowed under this section for any year of assessment in respect of any child who is entitled in his or her own right to an income exceeding £1,770 in that year except that, if the amount of the excess is less than the deduction which would be allowable apart from this subsection, a deduction reduced by that amount shall be allowed.