Regulation 4 Persons of prescribed descriptionI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 20(11) of the Act (definition of family) as it applies to community charge benefits is a person aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 1975f1 (meaning of child), and in these Regulations such a person is referred to as a “young person”.
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is on income support F1or to a person who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (relevant education).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 4(2) added (1.4.1990) by The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/834), regs. 1(1), 3
Commencement
Footnotes
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1975 c. 61. as amended by sections 4, 8 and 21 and Schedule 5 Part I of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 70 of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) and by section 4(3) of the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7).