# The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006, Regulation 5: Extension period: 16 and 17 year olds

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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
(f) 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 Communities, the Department for the Economy or the Education Authority; or
(d) for the purposes of applying Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71 or Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, any corresponding body in another member State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/223/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-regulations-2006/regulation-5
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