9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Act (definition of family) as it applies to council tax benefit 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 M1 (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 council tax benefit (definition of the family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the Act M2 applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of the Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (10.4.2006) by Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 5(2)(a)
F2Word in reg. 9(2)(a) inserted (10.4.2006) by Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 5(2)(b)
F3Reg. 9(2)(b) omitted (10.4.2006) by virtue of Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 5(2)(c)
Marginal Citations
M2Section 145A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21).