PART IIIE+W+SMEMBERSHIP OF THE FAMILY

Persons of a prescribed descriptionE+W+S

14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 20(11) of the Act as it applies to income support (definition of the family) and section 23(1) [F1and (3)] of the Act (trade disputes) is a person aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (meaning of child), and in these Regulations such a person is referred to as a “young person”.

[F2(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is—

(a)receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) (relevant education);

(b)entitled to income support or would, but for section 134(2) (provision against dual entitlement of members of family) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, be so entitled; or

(c)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.]

[F3(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as it applies to income support (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.]