Citation, commencement and effect

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Trust Funds (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 6th April 2009.

(2) These Regulations have effect in relation to—

(a) applications to open an account made before 6th April 2009 where the account has not been opened before that date, and

(b) applications to open an account made on or after 6th April 2009.

Amendment to the Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004

2. The Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004( 2 ) are amended as follows.

3. In regulation 5(1), in Condition 1, at the end add—

“ or, where the account provider has chosen to open accounts without sight of the relevant voucher, the applicant gives the following information to the account provider:

(a) the expiry date of the voucher,

(b) the amount of the initial contribution as specified on the voucher, and

(c) where the date of birth shown on the voucher differs from the actual date of birth of the child (see regulation 13(5)(c)), the date of birth shown on the voucher ” .