Persons of prescribed description
19.—(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 support or an income-based jobseeker's allowance;[F2or]
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 F4 (exclusion from benefits) applies.
(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 F5 applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 19(1) substituted (10.4.2006) by Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(2)(a)
F2Word in reg. 19(2)(a) inserted (10.4.2006) by Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(2)(b)
F3Reg. 19(2)(b) omitted (10.4.2006) by virtue of Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(2)(c)
F5Section 145A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21).