PART IVMEMBERSHIP OF A FAMILY

Persons of a prescribed description8

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 197515 (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) 197916 (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.