# The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2001, Schedule 4: Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996


In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996—
(a) in regulation 57 (interpretation of Part IV), in paragraph (1), for the definition of “young person” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““young person” means a person—
(a) who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18;
(b) who does not satisfy the conditions in section 2 or whose entitlement to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance has ceased as a result of section 5(1); and
(c) who is not a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies”;
(b) in regulation 76(2)(c) (persons of a prescribed description), for the words “so entitled.” there shall be substituted the words—
“so entitled; or
(d) a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.”;
(c) for the references to “section 17 or 24 of the Children Act 1989” in—
(i) regulation 104(3) (capital treated as income);
(ii) paragraph 29 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings);
(iii) paragraph 22 of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded),
there shall be substituted references to “section 17, 23B, 23C or 24A of the Children Act 1989”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3070/schedule/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-act-2000-commencement-no-2-and-consequential-provisions-order-2001/schedule-4
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