# The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987, Regulation 6: Persons of a prescribed description

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 20(5)(c) (entitlement) and section 20(11) of the Act (definition of the family) as it applies to working families' tax credit is a person aged 16 or over but under 19 who is receiving full-time education within section 142(1)(c) of the Contributions and Benefits 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–
(a) who is entitled to income support or would, but for section 20(9) of the Act (provision against dual entitlement of members of family), be so entitled;
(aa) who is entitled to income-based jobseeker’s allowance or would, but for section 3(1)(d) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (provision against dual entitlement of members of family), be so entitled;
(b) who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 1(2) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976; 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 the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1973/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-regulations-1987/regulation-6
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