Regulation 10 Amendment of Schedule 1A to the Income Support Regulations

In Schedule 1A to the Income Support Regulations (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for income support) after paragraph 9 there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“9A

A registered person who of necessity has to live away from his parents or any person acting in the place of his parents because–

(a)

he is estranged from his parents or that person; or

(b)

he is in physical or moral danger; or

(c)

there is a serious risk to his physical or mental health.”.