# The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992, Regulation 5: Persons of prescribed description for the definition of family in section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

Extent: E+W+S

(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(relevant education).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-5
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