PART XIII MISCELLANEOUS
Training Allowance
Persons in receipt of a training allowance170.
F1(1)
A person who is not receiving training falling within paragraph (2) F2and is not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person) may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance without—
(a)
being available for employment;
(b)
having entered into a jobseeker’s agreement; or
(c)
actively seeking employment,
if he is in receipt of a training allowance or if he would be in receipt of a training allowance if the Social Security (Breach of Community Order) Regulations 2001 did not prevent the payment of a training allowance to him.
(2)
Training falls within this paragraph if it is training for which persons aged under 18 are eligible and for which persons aged 18 to 24 may be eligible, F3secured by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the F4National Assembly for Wales and, in Scotland, provided directly or indirectly by a Local Enterprise CompanyF5, or a Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise, under its contractual arrangement with the Secretary of State.