SP Bill 6B (Revised) Session 5 (2017) 2 Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill 3 Absolute poverty (1) A child falls within this section in a financial year if the child lives in a household whose equivalised net income for the year is less than 60% of the amount of median equivalised net household income for the financial year beginning with 1 April 2010, 5 adjusted to take account of changes in the value of money since that financial year. (2) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations substitute a different date for the date mentioned for the time being in subsection (1). (3) Regulations under subsection (2) are subject to the affirmative procedure. 4 Combined low income and material deprivation 10 A child falls within this section in a financial year if the child— (a) lives in a household whose equivalised net income for the year is less than 70% of median equivalised net household income for the year, and (b) experiences material deprivation in the year. 5 Persistent poverty 15 (1) A child falls within this section in a financial year if the child has lived— (a) in each of the survey years, in a household in Scotland, and (b) in at least 3 of the survey years, in a household whose equivalised net income for the survey year was less than 60% of median equivalised net household income for the survey year. 20 (2) The survey years are— (a) the calendar year that ends during the financial year, and (b) the 3 previous calendar years. 6 Calculation of net household income (1) For the purposes of this Act, the deductions to be made in calculating net household 25 income include housing costs. (2) In this Act— “equivalised”, in relation to household income, means adjusted to take account of variations in household size and composition, “median equivalised net household income” means the median equivalised net 30 household income for the United Kingdom.