4.—(1) In these Regulations “young person” means a person who falls within the definition of “qualifying young person” in section 142 of the 1992 Act(1) (child and qualifying young person).
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is—
(a)on income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance; or
(b)a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000(2) (exclusion from benefits) applies.
(3) A young person includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the 1992 Act(3) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.
Section 142 was substituted by section 1(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6).
Section 145A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21) and amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6).