PART 2Membership of a family

Persons of prescribed description for the definition of family in section 137(1) of the Act9

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 supportF4, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance ;F2or

F3b

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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.