Youth training trainees

8.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “youth training trainee” means a person who, on a particular day, is–

(a) under the age of 25; and

(b) undertaking a course of training in conformity with an individual training plan pursuant to arrangements which–

(i) are made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(1); and

(ii) constitute a training scheme as defined in regulation 75(1)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996.

(2) A person is undertaking a course for the purposes of paragraph (1) on a particular day if the day falls within the relevant period for that course.

(1)

1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19), section 25 and amended by the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38), Schedule 7, Part I.