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The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Regulation 14:
- Sch. 1B para. 14D inserted by S.I. 2025/201 reg. 5(5)
- Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(f) and word inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(d)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 13(3A)(f) inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(e)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 13A(1ZA)(bb) inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(f)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(b)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(c)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(b)(ii) words substituted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(c)(ii)
- Sch. 3 para. 18(6)(b)(iib) inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(5)(a)
- Regulations amendment to earlier affecting provision S.S.I. 2003/460, sch. Pt. 2 Table B by S.S.I. 2024/311 reg. 11
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- Sch. 1B para. 14D inserted by S.I. 2025/201 reg. 5(5)
- Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(f) and word inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(d)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 13(3A)(f) inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(e)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 13A(1ZA)(bb) inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(f)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(b)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(c)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(b)(ii) words substituted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(4)(c)(ii)
- Sch. 3 para. 18(6)(b)(iib) inserted by S.I. 2025/227 art. 5(5)(a)
Persons of a prescribed descriptionE+W+S
14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 20(11) of the Act as it applies to income support (definition of the family) and section 23(1) [F1and (3)] of the Act (trade disputes) is a person [F2who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)], and in these Regulations such a person is referred to as a “young person”.
[F3(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is—
F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)entitled to income support or would, but for section 134(2) (provision against dual entitlement of members of family) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, be so entitled; F5...
(c)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies] [F6F7...
(d)entitled to an employment and support allowance or would, but for paragraph 6(1)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform Act (conditions of entitlement to income-related employment and support allowance), be so entitled][F8; or
(e)entitled to universal credit]
[F9(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as it applies to income support (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 14(1) substituted (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1445), regs. 1(1)(b), 5
F2Words in reg. 14(1) substituted (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(a)
F3Reg. 14(2) substituted (1.10.2001) by The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3070), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (b)
F4Reg. 14(2)(a) omitted (10.4.2006) by virtue of The Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(b)
F5Word in reg. 14(2)(b) omitted (27.10.2008) by virtue of The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(4)(a)
F6Reg. 14(2)(d) and word added (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(4)(b)
F7Word in reg. 14(2) omitted (29.4.2013) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 28(3)(a)
F8Reg. 14(2)(e) and word inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 28(3)(b)
F9Reg. 14(3) added (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2402), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 14 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1
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