The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

109.—(1) In paragraph (2)(b) of Article 19 (reduced payments), for the word “either” there shall be substituted the word “any”.

(2) In paragraph (3) of that Article, for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(b) he has given up a place on a training scheme, or failed to attend such a scheme on which he has been given a place, and no certificate has been issued to him under paragraph (4);

(c) he has lost his place on such a scheme through misconduct.”.

(3) For paragraphs (4) and (5) of that Article there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(4) Where a young person who has given up a place on a training scheme, or failed to attend such a scheme on which he has been given a place—

(a) claims that there was good cause for his doing so; and

(b) applies to the Department for a certificate under this paragraph,

the Department shall, if it is satisfied that there was good cause, issue a certificate to that effect and give a copy of it to the young person.

(5) In this Article—

• “training scheme” has such meaning as may be prescribed;

• “young person” means a person who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18.”.