Certain persons who have enrolled on, been accepted for or are undertaking full-time, non-advanced education

1

A person who satisfies the following conditions.

2

The first condition is that he has enrolled on, been accepted for or is undertaking a course of full-time, non-advanced education.

3

The second condition is that he is—

a

under the age of 21; or

b

21 and attained that age whilst undertaking a course of full-time, non-advanced education.

4

The third condition is that—

a

he has no parent;

b

of necessity he has to live away from his parents because—

i

he is estranged from his parents,

ii

he is in physical or moral danger, or

iii

there is a serious risk to his physical or mental health; or

c

he is living away from his parents because they are unable to support him financially and are—

i

chronically sick or mentally or physically disabled,

ii

detained in custody pending trial or sentencing upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court, or

iii

prohibited from entering or re-entering Northern Ireland.

• “course of full-time, non-advanced education” means a course of full-time education which is not a course of advanced education and which is not provided to the person by virtue of his employment or any office held by him, which is—

  1. a

     provided at a school or college; or

  2. b

     provided elsewhere but is approved by the Department as being such a course,

  and for this purpose, “a course of advanced education” has the same meaning as in regulation 61(1);.