4.—(1) In these Regulations “young person” means a person who falls within the definition of “qualifying young person” in section 142 of the 1992 Act M1 (child and qualifying young person).
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is—
(a)on income support, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance; or
(b)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 M2 (exclusion from benefits) applies.
[F1(3) Where section 145A of the 1992 Act (entitlement after death of a child or qualifying young person) applies, then during the period prescribed under subsection (1) of that section (and only during that period)—
(a)references in these Regulations to a young person include the young person in respect of whom there is entitlement under that section; and
(b)for the purposes of these Regulations the circumstances pertaining to the young person at the date of their death are deemed to continue throughout that period.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(3) inserted (25.11.2013) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/287), regs. 1, 14
Marginal Citations
M1Section 142 was substituted by section 1(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6).