PART 1General

Young persons4.

(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.