Dependent child component

'Dependent child component' in relation to an amount of [glossary:CAP:474]  payable to a person who has a [glossary:dependent child:379], means:

• any additional amount for dependent children or any amount for rent assistance that, in working out the rate of the pension, was added:
• in the case of a service pension-to the person's maximum basic rate  [glossary:MBR:475] , or
• in the case of income support supplement-to the person's provisional rate, or
• if any amount referred to in paragraph (a) was reduced because an income test or asset test was applied in working out the rate of the pension-that amount as so reduced.