Regulation 5 Persons of prescribed description for the definition of family in section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992I1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 5(2) substituted by Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) 2001 Sch. 3 para. (a)
reg. 5(2) words inserted by Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Supply of Information (Jobseeker’s Allowance) 1996 reg. 27
reg. 5(3) added by Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) 2002 Sch. 3 para. 2

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (definition of family) as it applies to council tax benefit is a person aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 142 of that Act (meaning of child), 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 on income support or to a person who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1(relevant education).

Regulation 5 Persons of prescribed description for the definition of family in section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992I1

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