# The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992, Regulation 8: Persons of a prescribed description


(1) 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 1975 (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—
(a) who is entitled to income support or would, but for Article 21(9) of the Order, be so entitled;
(b) who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 1(2) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (interpretation); or
(c) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1992/78/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1992/regulation-8
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