Regulation 8 Persons of a prescribed description
Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of Article 21(11) of the Order as it applies to disability working allowance is a person aged 16 or over but under 19 who is receiving full-time education within Article 4(1)(b) of the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 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 entitled to income support or would, but for Article 21(9) of the Order, be so entitled;
who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 1(2) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979f2 (interpretation); or
who has ceased to receive full-time education but is to continue to be treated as a child by virtue of regulation 7 of those regulations.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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Article 4(1)(b) was amended by Article 71(1)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
- f2
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S.R. 1979 No. 5; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1980 No. 261, S.R. 1982 No. 114, S.R. 1987 No. 130 and S.R. 1988 No. 273