# The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 17: Persons of prescribed description

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 133(1) of the Act as it applies to housing benefit (definition of family) is a person who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 138 of the Act (child and qualifying young person), and in these Regulations such a person is referred to as a “young person”.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is—
(a) on income support , an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance; ...
(b) a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (exclusion from benefits) applies or
(c) entitled to an award of universal credit.
(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 133(1) of the Act as it applies to housing benefit (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 141A of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 141A(1) of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-17
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