PART 4Membership of a family

Persons of prescribed description19

1

Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Act as it applies to housing benefit (definition of family) is a person F1who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person), and in these Regulations such a person is referred to as a “young person”.

2

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

a

on income supportF3, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance; F4...

F2b

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c

a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 M1 (exclusion from benefits) appliesF5; or

d

entitled to an award of universal credit

3

A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Act as it applies to housing benefit (definition of the family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of that Act M2 applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.