Social Security Act 1998

140 (1) In subsection (2) of section 17 of that Act (reduced payments), for the word “either” there shall be substituted the word “any”.

(2) In subsection (3) of that section, for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(b) he has given up a place on a training scheme, or failed to attend such a scheme on which he has been given a place, and no certificate has been issued to him under subsection (4);

(c) he has lost his place on such a scheme through misconduct.”

(3) For subsections (4) and (5) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(4) Where a young person who has given up a place on a training scheme, or failed to attend such a scheme on which he has been given a place—

(a) claims that there was good cause for his doing so; 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, issue a certificate to that effect and give a copy of it to the young person.

(5) In this section—

• “training scheme” has such meaning as may be prescribed;

• “young person” means a person who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18.”