The Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation) in the opening words of the definition of “full-time student”, after “training allowance” there shall be inserted “or a person who is a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)”.

(3) In regulation 3C(1)(c) (entitlement of a new joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance)(2), for the words after “16 and are” there shall be substituted “not qualifying young persons within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)”.

(4) For regulation 54(2) (relevant education), there shall be substituted—

“(2) A child or young person shall be treated as receiving full-time education where he is a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person).”.

(5) In regulation 57 (interpretation of Part IV), for the definition of “child benefit extension period” there shall be substituted—

““child benefit extension period” means the extension period within the meaning of regulation 5(3) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (extension period: 16 and 17 year olds)(3).”.

(6) In regulation 76 (persons of a prescribed description)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “aged 16 or over but under 19 who is treated as a child for the purposes of section 142 of the Benefits Act (meaning of child)” there shall be substituted “who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)”; and

(b) paragraph (2)(a) shall be omitted.

(7) In regulation 117 (interpretation for liable relatives) in the definition of “young claimant”, for “19” there shall be substituted “20”.

(8) In regulation 170(1) (persons in receipt of a training allowance)(4), after “within paragraph (2)” there shall be inserted “and is not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)”.

(9) In Schedule A1 (categories of members of a joint-claim couple who are not required to satisfy the conditions in section 1(2B)(b))(5)—

(a) in paragraph 2 (member studying full-time), for the words “aged 16 or over but under 19 and is receiving full-time education for the purposes of” in all three places they appear, there shall be substituted “a qualifying young person within the meaning of”; and

(b) in paragraph 16 (young persons in training), after “A member who” there shall be inserted “is not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person) and who”.

(10) In Schedule 1 paragraph 2(1) (applicable amounts)(6), in paragraph (b) of column (1) of the table for “nineteenth” there shall be substituted “twentieth”.

(11) In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 57(2)(c)(ii)(bb) and (4)(c)(ii)(bb)(7) for “19” there shall be substituted “20”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.

(2)

Regulation 3C was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978.

(3)

S.I. 2006/223.

(4)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 2001/652 and 2001/1711.

(5)

Schedule A1 was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 and relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 2001/518 and 2001/652.

(6)

Paragraph 2 was omitted but remains in force for certain cases – see S.I. 2003/455. Relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 1996/2545 and 1999/2555.

(7)

Paragraph 57 was inserted by S.I. 2001/1118.