Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010

The Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It ends government support of Child Trust Funds, the Saving Gateway and the Health in Pregnancy Grant.

Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010
Long titleAn Act to make provision about Saving Gateway accounts; and for connected purposes.
Citation2010 c. 36
Territorial extentEngland and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent16 December 2010
Commencement16 December 2010 (16 February 2011 for repeal of Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009)
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Act amends the Child Trust Funds Act 2004 by closing the funds to new applicants starting in January 2011. Existing accounts would however continue to function as before.[1] The Act also repeals the Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009.

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