PART 2Qualifying young persons: prescribed conditions
Extension period: 16 and 17 year olds5
1
This regulation applies in the case of a person who has not attained the age of 18.
2
The condition is that—
a
the person has ceased to be in education or training;
b
the person is registered for work, education or for training with a qualifying body;
c
the person is not engaged in remunerative work;
d
the extension period which applies in the case of that person has not expired;
e
immediately before the extension period begins, the person who is responsible for him is entitled to child benefit in respect of him without regard to this regulation; and
F1f
the individual who is responsible for that person, within three months of that person’s ceasing education or training, has made a request for the payment of child benefit during the extension period to the Commissioners, in writing, or by such other means as the Commissioners may accept.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2) the extension period—
a
begins on the first day of the week after that in which the person ceased to be in education or training; and
b
ends 20 weeks after it started.
4
In this regulation “qualifying body” means—
a
the Careers Service or Connexions Service;
b
the Ministry of Defence;
c
in Northern Ireland, the Department for F3Communities, the Department for the Economy or the Education Authority; or
d
for the purposes of applying Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71F2or Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, any corresponding body in another member State.