"prescribed circumstances" is defined in the Child Benefit regulations reg 18 to include where a child or young person is provided with or placed in accommodation under Part III of the Children Act, which s 20 comes within.
However the disallowance does not apply for the first 8 weeks in which the child is in care, or for any wek in which the child is living with the claimant for a consecutive period of 7 days (this bit is complicated and that is a simplification). I presume this is for the LA to see how well the child gets on back at home for trial periods. But not for odd day visits, as I read the legislation.
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