# The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1996, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations


In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation), after the definition of “year of assessment”, there shall be inserted a new definition—
““young individual” means a single claimant who has not attained the age of 25 years, but does not include such a claimant—
(a) whose landlord is a registered housing association; or
(b) who has ceased to be the subject of a care order pursuant to section 31(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989, which had previously been made in respect to him either—
(i) after he attained the age of 16 years; or
(ii) before he attained the age of 16 years, but had continued after he attained that age,
and who has not attained the age of 22 years; and”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/965/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-2
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