PART IICONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT
Temporary absence from Great BritainI14
1
Where a claimant is entitled to income support for a period immediately preceding a period of temporary absence from Great Britain, his entitlement to income support F30shall continue only—
a
in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), during the first 4 weeks of that period of temporary absence; and
b
in the circumstances specified in paragraph (3), during the first 8 weeks of that period.
2
The circumstances in which a claimant's entitlement to income support is to continue during the first four weeks of a temporary absence from Great Britain are that—
a
the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks; and
b
while absent from Great Britain, the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to income support; and
c
any one of the following conditions applies—
i
the claimant is not required to be available for employment under regulation 8(1) and Schedule 1 other than paragraph 5, 10, 18 to 20 of that Schedule (persons not required to be available for employment); or
ii
he is not required to be available for employment under regulation 8(1) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (incapacity for work) and his absence from Great Britain is for the sole purpose of receiving treatment from an appropriately qualified person for the incapacity by reason of which he is not required to be so available; or
iii
he is in Northern Ireland; or
iv
he is a member of a couple and he and his partner are both absent from Great Britain, and a premium referred to in paragraph 9, 10, 11 or 13 of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) is applicable in respect of his partner F8 or
v
on the day on which the absence began he was, and had for the previous 28 weeks at least been, continuously incapable of work.
F313
The circumstances in which a claimant’s entitlement to income support is to continue during the first 8 weeks of a temporary absence from Great Britain are that—
a
the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks; and
b
the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to income support; and
c
the claimant is, or the claimant and any other member of his family are, accompanying a member of the claimant’s family who is a child or young person solely in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child or young person for a disease or bodily or mental disablement; and
d
those arrangements relate to treatment—
i
outside Great Britain;
ii
during the period whilst the claimant is, or the claimant and any member of his family are, temporarily absent from Great Britain; and
iii
by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment.
F314
In paragraphs (2) and (3) “appropriately qualified” means qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.
Persons treated as engaged in remunerative workI25
1
Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, for the purposes of section 20(3)(c) of the Act (conditions of entitlement to income support), remunerative work is work in which a person is engaged, or, where his hours of work fluctuate, he is engaged on average, for not less than 24 hours a week being work for which payment is made or which is done in expectation of payment.
2
The number of hours for which a person is engaged in work shall be determined—
a
where no recognisable cycle has been established in respect of a person's work, by reference to the number of hours or, where those hours are likely to fluctuate, the average of the hours, which he is expected to work in a week;
b
where the number of hours for which he is engaged fluctuate, by reference to the average of hours worked over—
i
if there is a recognisable cycle of work, the period of one complete cycle (including, where the cycle involves periods in which the person does no work, those periods but disregarding any other absences);
ii
in any other case, the period of five weeks immediately before the date of claim or the date of review, or such other length of time as may, in the particular case, enable the person's average hours of work to be determined more accurately.
3
A person shall be treated as engaged in remunerative work during any period for which he is absent from work referred to in paragraph (1) if the absence is either without good cause or by reason of a recognised, customary or other holiday.
4
A person who makes a claim and to whom or whose partner section 23 of the Act (trade disputes) applies F9or applied shall, for the period of seven days following the date on which the stoppage of work due to a trade dispute at his or his partner's place of work commenced or, if there is no stoppage, the date on which he or his partner first withdrew his labour in furtherance of a trade dispute, be treated as engaged in remunerative work.
5
A person who was, or was treated as being, engaged in remunerative work and in respect of that work earnings to which F20regulation 35(1)(b) to (d) and (i) (earnings of employed earners) applies are F17paid shall be treated as being engaged in remunerative work for the period for which those earnings are taken into account in accordance with Part V.
F146
For the purposes of this regulation, in determining the number of hours in which a person is engaged or treated as engaged in remunerative work, no account shall be taken of any hours in which the person is engaged in an employment or a scheme to which paragraph (a) to paragraph (f) of regulation 6 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies.
F327
For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), in determining the number of hours for which a person is engaged in work, that number shall include any time allowed to that person by his employer for a meal or for refreshment, but only where that person is, or expects to be, paid earnings in respect of that time.
Persons not treated as engaged in remunerative workI36
A person shall not be treated as engaged in F15remunerative work in so far as—
a
he is mentally or physically disabled and his earning capacity is, by reason of that disability, reduced to 75 per cent or less of what he would, but for that disability, be reasonably expected to earn;
b
he is engaged in child minding in his home;
c
he is engaged by a charity or voluntary body or is a volunteer where the only payment received by him or due to be paid to him, is a payment which is to be disregarded under regulation 40(2) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings);
d
he is engaged on a scheme for which a training allowance is being paid; or
e
subject to regulation 5(4) F16and (5) (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work) he is a person to whom section 23 of the Act (trade disputes) applies F10or in respect of whom section 20(3) of the Act (conditions of entitlement to income support) has effect as modified by section 23A(b) of the Act (effect of return to work); or
f
he is a person who is not required to be available for employment because regulation 8 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (person caring for another) applies to him.
Meaning of employmentI47
F211
For the purposes of section 20(3)(d) of the Act (conditions of entitlement to income support) F23in so far as it relates to the condition of availability for employment only work in employed earner's employment within the meaning of the Social Security Act—
a
which the claimant can reasonably be expected to do;
b
for which payment is made or which is done in expectation of payment; and
c
for which he would normally be engaged for not less than 24 hours a week or, if he is mentally or physically disabled, such lesser number of hours as, having regard to his disability, he is usually capable of working,
shall be treated as employment.
F222
For the purposes of section 20(3)(d) of the Act in so far as it relates to the condition of actively seeking employment, work which is treated as employment for the purposes of paragraph (1) and employment as a self-employed earner under any scheme for assisting claimants to become self-employed earners established under arrangements made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 F36or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 shall be treated as employment.
Persons not required to be available for employmentI58
1
A person, other than one to whom regulation 10(1)(h) applies (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available for employment), to whom any paragraph of Schedule 1 (persons not required to be available for employment) applies in any week shall not be required to be available for employment in that week.
2
A person, other than one to whom regulation 10(1)(h) applies, to whom none of the provisions of Schedule 1 F39... applies, shall, where—
a
a medical practitioner to whom the question of that person's incapacity for work by reason of some disease or bodily or mental disablement has been referred under F40section 115A of the Social Security Act 1975 (power of adjudicating authorities to refer matters to experts) is of the opinion that the person is not so incapable; and
b
that person's medical practitioner continues to supply evidence of his incapacity for work in accordance with regulation 2 of the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976 F1 (evidence of incapacity for work); and
c
that person has made and is pursuing an appeal against the determination of an adjudication officer that he is not so incapable; and
d
that person, were he required to be available for employment, would not be treated as so available under regulation 9(1) (persons treated as available for employment),
not be required to be available for employment pending the determination of his appeal.
F113
A person, other than one to whom F41paragraph (2) or regulation 10(1)(h) applies, to whom none of the provisions of Schedule 1 applies, shall, for any period when—
a
he would, were he required to be available for employment, not be treated as so available under regulation 9(1); and
b
the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income Support is paid, the claimant or a member of his family (if any) will suffer hardship,
not be required to be available for employment.
Persons treated as available for employmentI69
1
Except in a case to which regulation 10 (circumstances in which claimants are not to be treated as available for employment) applies, a claimant shall be treated as available for employment if, and only if—
a
he is available to be employed within the meaning of section 17(1)(a)(i) of the Social Security Act F2 or Regulations made under it (requirement to be available to be employed for the purposes of unemployment benefit) in employment to which regulation 7 applies (meaning of employment); or
b
he is normally engaged for less than the number of hours prescribed in paragraph (c) of regulation 7 in respect of him in employment to which that regulation applies, and he is available, within the meaning of section 17(1)(a)(i) or Regulations made under it, for such further number of hours which would, in aggregate with the number of hours for which he is normally engaged, be not less than the number of hours prescribed in paragraph (c) of regulation 7 for his case; or
c
he satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2) and is attending—
i
a course of education at an establishment recognised by the Secretary of State as being, or as comparable to, a school or college; or
ii
a course of training or instruction analogous to a course for which a training allowance would be payable,
and, in either case, he is prepared to terminate the course immediately a suitable vacancy becomes available to him.
2
the conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are that either—
a
the claimant was, for a continuous period of not less than three months falling immediately before the commencement date,—
i
in receipt of a qualifying benefit; or
b
during the period of six months falling immediately before the commencement date the claimant was—
i
for a period, or periods in aggregate, of not less than three months in receipt of a qualifying benefit or on a course of training or instruction organised by or on behalf of F38Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise or the F43Secretary of State for Employment as part of the Youth Training Scheme F45or Youth Training; and
ii
after the period referred to in head (i) of this sub-paragraph or, in the case of periods in aggregate, after the first such period and throughout the remainder of the six months for which that head did not apply to him, engaged in appropriate work;
and that the period of three months referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, the period of six months referred to in sub-paragraph (b) fell wholly after the terminal date.
3
In this regulation—
“appropriate work” means remunerative work for the purpose of section 20(3)(c) of the Act (conditions of entitlement to income support) or other work the emoluments from which are such as to disentitle the person engaged in it from a qualifying benefit;
“commencement date” means the date on which the claimant first attended the course of education or course of training or instruction;
“course” means a course in the pursuit of which the time spent receiving instruction or tuition, undertaking supervised study, examination or practical work or taking part in any exercise, experiment or project for which provision is made in the curriculum of the course does not, subject to paragraph (4), exceed 21 hours a week;
“qualifying benefit” means unemployment benefit or sickness benefit under the Social Security Act F3 or, in the case of a claimant who is required to be available for employment under section 20(3)(d) of the Act (conditions of entitlement to income support) or who is not so required under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (persons not required to be available by reason of sickness or incapacity), income support.
4
In calculating the time spent in pursuit of a course for the purpose of this regulation, no account shall be taken of time occupied by meal breaks or spent on unsupervised study, whether undertaken on or off the premises of the educational establishment or place of instruction or training.
Circumstances in which claimants are not to be treated as available for employmentI710
1
A claimant shall not be treated as available for employment if he is a person to whom any one of the following sub-paragraphs applies—
a
after a situation in any F24... employment has been properly notified to him as vacant or about to become vacant he has without good cause refused or failed to apply for that situation or refused to accept that situation when offered to him, and that situation is still vacant or open to application;
b
he has neglected to avail himself of a reasonable opportunity of F25... employment and that opportunity is still available to him;
c
he has failed to avail himself of a reasonable opportunity of short-term work which is available in the area in which he lives, and—
i
he is aged 18 or over but under 45;
ii
his partner, if any, is aged under 45;
iii
there is no child or young person who is a member of his family;
iv
his partner or, as the case may be, the claimant herself is not pregnant; and
v
neither he nor his partner, if any, is mentally or physically disabled;
d
F26subject to paragraphs (4) to (6), he has placed restrictions on the nature, hours, rate of remuneration or locality or other conditions of employment which he is prepared to accept and as a consequence of those restrictions he has no reasonable prospects of securing employment; but this sub-paragraph shall not apply where—
i
he is prevented from having reasonable prospects of securing employment consistent with those restrictions only as a result of adverse industrial conditions in the locality or localities concerned which may reasonably be regarded as temporary, and, having regard to all the circumstances, personal and other, the restrictions which he imposes are reasonable; or
F27ii
the restrictions are reasonable in view of his physical or mental condition; or
iii
he has a usual occupation and those restrictions relate to it and are consistent with conditions which are usual in that occupation
e
having failed to comply with a written notice given or sent to him by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the F46Secretary of State for Employment requesting him to report at a specified time, place and date to an officer of the Department of Health and Social Security, the Department of Employment F49or a local education authority for an interview in connection with his prospects of employment, he fails without good cause to comply with the requirements of a further notice given or sent to him within 14 days of the date specified in the first notice by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Training Commission and requesting him to report as aforesaid at a time, place and date specified in the further notice for the purpose of such an interview;
f
he has been disallowed unemployment benefit on the ground that he failed to claim in the manner prescribed by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 F4 (making a claim for benefit) by virtue of the fact that the form approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of claiming was not duly completed so far as it related to his availability for employment; or
g
he is a share fisherman within the meaning of the Social Security (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975 F5 who is not entitled to unemployment benefit under the Social Security Act because he has failed to satisfy the additional condition for receipt of that benefit in paragraph (5) or (8) of regulation 8 of those Regulations (that he performed no work as a sea-going or on-shore share fisherman and that he has not neglected to avail himself of a reasonable opportunity of employment as a fisherman);
F34h
he is a student during the period of study, other than—
i
one to whom paragraph 1, 2, F357 to 7B, 11, 16 or 20 of Schedule 1 applies (persons not required to be available for employment) but in the case of paragraph 20 only where the student is a person to whom regulation 70 (3) (a) applies (certain persons from abroad); or
ii
one who has a partner who is also a student, if either he or his partner is treated as responsible for a child or young person, but this exception shall apply only for the period of the summer vacation appropriate to his course.
2
A determination that a claimant is not to be treated as available for employment—
a
under paragraph (1)(a), shall apply for a period not exceeding—
i
the period during which the situation in question remains vacant; or
ii
F1226 weeks,
whichever is the shorter;
b
under paragraph (1)(b), shall apply for a period not exceeding—
i
the period during which the opportunity is still available to him; or
ii
F1226 weeks,
whichever is the shorter;
c
under paragraph (1)(c)—
i
shall not apply until the claimant has been given 14 days' notice in writing and that period has expired, and then
ii
shall apply for a period not exceeding the period during which the opportunity is still available to him or, if shorter, the period of F1226 weeks;
d
under paragraph (1)(d), shall apply for so long as the claimant has no reasonable prospect of employment as a consequence of the restrictions referred to in that paragraph;
e
under paragraph (1)(e), shall apply on the day specified in the further notice and any subsequent day falling before the day on which the claimant reports to an officer of the Department of Health and Social Security, the Department of Employment F50or a local education authority at the place specified in the notice and there attends an interview in connection with his prospects of employment or before the day on which the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the F47Secretary of State for Employment rescinds the further notice, whichever event first occurs;
f
under paragraph (1)(f), shall apply for so long as the claimant fails to claim in the manner referred to in that paragraph;
g
under paragraph (1)(g) or (h), shall apply for so long as that paragraph continues to apply to him.
3
In this regulation—
F28a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b
“properly notified” means notified by an officer acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, or by the F48Secretary of State for Employment, a local education authority or some other recognised agency, or by or on behalf of an employer.
F294
A determination that paragraph (1)(d) does not apply by reason of the circumstances prescribed in head (iii) of that paragraph shall have effect for a period not exceeding 13 weeks beginning—
a
in a case where the claimant is not entitled to unemployment benefit and has not been entitled to that benefit for any day since he was last in remunerative work, on the first day for which the claimant makes a claim for income Support since the last day on which he was in remunerative work, or vocational training in his usual occupation, or incapable of work;
b
in any other case, on the first day for which a claim for unemployment benefit is made since the claimant was last in remunerative work.
F295
In determining the length of the period for the purposes of paragraph (4) regard shall be had to—
a
the claimant’s usual occupation and any relevant skills and qualifications which he has acquired;
b
the length of the periods during which he has undergone training relevant to his usual occupation;
c
the length of the periods during which he has been employed in his usual occupation and the period since he was last so employed; and
d
the availability and location of employment in his usual occupation.
F296
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), in deciding whether a claimant has no reasonable prospects of securing employment regard shall be had, in particular, to the length of the period during which he has been unemployed.
F19Actively seeking employment10A
1
A claimant shall not be required to be a person who is actively seeking employment where, by virtue of regulation 8 (persons not required to be available for employment), he is not required to be available for employment.
2
A claimant, other than a person to whom regulation 10(1)(h) applies, shall not be required to be a person who is actively seeking employment during any week in which the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the claimant or a member of his family (if any) will suffer hardship.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), a claimant shall be treated as actively seeking employment in any week if, and only if, he takes such steps in that week as he would be required to take under regulations made under subsection (2)(aa)(i) of Section 17 of the Social Security Act in order to be regarded as actively seeking employed earner’s employment in that week for the purposes of that section.
4
A claimant shall be treated as actively seeking employment in respect of any week for which he is, or would have been had he made a claim for unemployment benefit, deemed to have been actively seeking employment under regulations made under section 17(1)(a)(i) of the Social Security Act.
5
For the purposes of this regulation, in relation to a claimant,
“week” has the meaning prescribed in regulations made under section 17(2)(aa)(ii) of the Social Security Act which—
- a
if he is entitled to unemployment benefit, applies in his case; and
- b
if he is not entitled to unemployment benefit, would have applied in his case if each of the days for which he claims income support would have fallen within a period of interruption of employment had he claimed unemployment benefit under that Act in respect of those days.
- a
Registration for employmentI811
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a claimant who—
a
is aged less than 18; and
b
is required to be available for employment for the purposes of section 20(3)(d)(i) of the Act (conditions of entitlement to income support);
must also be registered for employment in accordance with paragraph (3).
2
A claimant other than one to whom regulation 10(1)(h) (circumstances in which claimants are not to be treated as available for employment) applies and who would, but for this paragraph, be required to be registered for employment in accordance with paragraph (3), shall not be required so to register for employment if—
a
a medical practitioner to whom the question of the claimant's incapacity for work by reason of some disease or bodily or mental disablement has been referred under F52section 115A of the Social Security Act 1975 (power of adjudicating authorities to refer matters to experts) is of the opinion that he is not so incapable; and
b
the claimant's medical practitioner continues to supply evidence of his incapacity for work in accordance with regulation 2 of the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976 F6 (evidence of incapacity); and
c
the claimant has made and is pursuing an appeal against the determination of an adjudication officer that he is not so incapable.
3
A claimant to whom paragraph (1) applies shall, except where the Secretary of State decides otherwise, be registered for employment by registering with the F51Secretary of State for Employment or a local education authority.
F33Relevant EducationI912
1
For the purposes of these Regulations a child or young person is to be treated as receiving relevant education if, and only if—
a
he is not receiving advanced education; but
b
he is receiving full-time education for the purposes of section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (meaning of child) or, as the case may be, he is treated as a child for the purposes of that section.
2
For the purposes of this regulation “receiving advanced education” means participating in any course (whether full-time or part-time)—
a
leading to a postgraduate degree or comparable qualification, a first degree or comparable qualification, a diploma of higher education, a higher national diploma, a higher national diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or the Scottish Vocational Education Council or a teaching qualification; or
b
any other course which is a course of a standard above ordinary national diploma, a national diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or a national certificate of the Scottish Vocational Education Council, a general certificate of education (advanced level), a Scottish certificate of education (higher grade) or a Scottish certificate of sixth year studies.
Circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income supportI1013
1
Notwithstanding that a person is to be treated as receiving relevant education under regulation 12 (relevant education) he shall, if paragraph (2) applies to him and he satisfies the other conditions of entitlement to income support, be entitled to income support.
2
This paragraph applies to a young person who—
a
is the parent of a child for whom he is treated as responsible under regulation 15 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) and who is treated as a member of his household under regulation 16 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household); or
b
is severely mentally or physically handicapped and because of that he would be unlikely, even if he were available for employment, to obtain employment within the next 12 months; or
c
has no parent nor any person acting in the place of his parents; or
F18d
of necessity has to live away from his F53parents and any person acting in the place of his parents because–
i
he is estranged from his F53parents and that person; or
ii
he is in physical or moral danger; or
iii
there is a serious risk to his physical or mental health;
e
is living away from his parents and any person acting in the place of his parents in a case where his parents are or, as the case may be, that person is unable financially to support him and—
i
chronically sick or mentally or physically disabled; or
ii
detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court; or
iii
prohibited from entering or re-entering Great Britain; or
f
is attending a course of education to which regulation 9 (persons treated as available for employment) applies and satisfies the other conditions of that regulation; or
g
has completed or terminated such a course and while attending that course satisfied the other conditions of that regulation; or
h
he is a person to whom paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 (refugees not required to be available for employment) applies.
3
In this regulation—
a
any reference to a person acting in the place of a young person's parents includes—
i
for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) and (d), a reference to a local authority or voluntary organisation where the young person is in their care under a relevant enactment, or to a person with whom the young person is boarded out by a local authority or voluntary organisation whether or not any payment is made by them; and
ii
for the purposes of paragraph (2)(e), any person with whom the young person is so boarded out;
b
“chronically sick or mentally or physically disabled” means, in relation to a person to whom that expression refers, a person—
i
in respect of whom the condition specified in paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 2 (additional condition for the higher pensioner and disability premiums) is satisfied; or
ii
in respect of whom an amount under article 26 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 F7 (provision of expenses in respect of appropriate aids for disabled living) is payable in respect of the cost of providing a vehicle, or maintaining a vehicle to a disabled person; or
iii
who is substantially and permanently disabled.
F13Persons under 18 years13A
1
A person to whom this regulation applies and for the period specified in relation to him is a person within the prescribed circumstances and period mentioned in section 20(3)(a) of the Act (conditions of entitlement for persons under 18).
2
This regulation applies to a person of or over the age of 16—
a
to whom any paragraph of Schedule 1A (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for income support) applies; and
b
for the period for which that paragraph applies or, if the relevant date specified in paragraph (3) falls within that period, for so much thereof F55as falls on or before that date.
3
In the case of a person—
a
to whom any paragraph in Part I (persons eligible until 18) of Schedule 1A applies, the relevant date F56is the day before the date on which he attains the age of 18;
b
other than one to whom sub-paragraph (a) applies, to whom any paragraph in Part II (persons eligible until the relevant date) of that Schedule applies, the relevant date is the date determined in accordance with paragraph (7).
4
This regulation also applies to a person of, or over, the age of 16, other than one to whom any paragraph in F57Part I of Schedule 1A applies who is—
a
incapable of work and training under the youth training scheme F54or youth training by reason of some disease or bodily or mental disablement if, in the opinion of a medical practitioner, that incapacity is likely to end within a period of less than 12 months; or
F58b
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c
a registered person who has been discharged from any institution to which the Prison Act 1952 applied or from custody under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 after the relevant date determined in accordance with paragraph (7) and who is within the circumstances specified in Part II of Schedule 1A.
F595
Paragraph (4)(a) shall have effect for a period—
a
beginning on the date on which paragraph (4)(a) applies to that person which first falls after the relevant date determined in accordance with paragraph (7); and
b
ending on the day before the date on which that person attains the age of 18 or the date on which paragraph (4)(a) ceases to apply to him, whichever first occurs.
6
Paragraph (4)(c) shall have effect for a period—
a
F62b
ending on the last day of the period of eight weeks beginning with the date specified in sub-paragraph (a) or on the day before the date on which that person attains the age of 18, whichever first occurs.
7
For the purposes of paragraphs (3)(b) and (4) to (6)—
a
in the case of a person who ceases to be treated as a child by virtue of section 2(1)(a) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (meaning of child) or regulation 7 of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976 (circumstances in which a person who has ceased to receive full-time education is to continue to be treated as a child)—
i
on or after the first Monday in September, but before the first Monday in January of the following year, the relevant date is the last day of the week which falls immediately before the week which includes the first Monday in January in that year;
ii
on or after the first Monday in January but before the Monday following Easter Monday in that year, the relevant date is the last day of the week which falls 12 weeks after the week which includes the first Monday in January in that year;
iii
at any other time of the year, the relevant date is last day of the week which falls 12 weeks after the week which includes the Monday following Easter Monday in that year;
b
in the case of a person who was not treated as a child by virtue of section 2(1)(a) of that Act immediately before he was 16 and who has not been treated as a child by virtue of regulation 7 of those Regulations (interruption of full-time education), the relevant date is the date determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) as if he had ceased full-time education on the first date on which education ceased to be compulsory for a person of his age in England and Wales or, if he is resident in Scotland, in Scotland.