The Children (Leaving Care) (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 No. 319 (C. 23)

SCHEDULE 3 AMENDMENTS TO THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1996

1.  In regulation 57 (interpretation of Part IV) in paragraph (1), for the definition of “young person” there shall be substituted the following definition –

• ““young person”(1) means a person –

  (a)

  who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18;

  (b)

  who does not satisfy the conditions in Article 4 of the Order or whose entitlement to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance has ceased as a result of Article 7(1); and

  (c)

  who is not a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (exclusion from benefits) applies.”.

(1)

The definition of “young person” was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1996 No. 356