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(1)Regulations may provide for the amount of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance payable to any young person to whom this section applies to be reduced—
(a)in such circumstances,
(b)by such a percentage, and
(c)for such a period,
as may be prescribed.
(2)This section applies to any young person in respect of whom—
(a)a direction is in force under section 16; and
(b)either of the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) is satisfied.
(3)The conditions are that—
(a)the young person was previously entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and that entitlement ceased by virtue of the revocation of a direction under section 16;
(b)he has failed to complete a course of training and no certificate has been issued to him under subsection (4) with respect to that failure.
(4)Where a young person who has failed to complete a course of training—
(a)claims that there was good cause for the failure, and
(b)applies to the Secretary of State for a certificate under this subsection,
the Secretary of State shall, if he is satisfied that there was good cause for the failure, issue a certificate to that effect and give a copy of it to the young person.
(5)In this section “young person” means a person who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18.
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