The Children (Leaving Care) (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

1.  In regulation 13 (persons of a prescribed description) for paragraph 2(1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is –

(a)on income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

(b)receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (relevant education); or

(c)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (exclusion from benefits) applies..

(1)

Paragraph (2) was amended by regulation 4 of S.R. 1990 No. 136 and regulation 6 of S.R. 1996 No. 334