The Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/718
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force—

(a) except for the purposes of the regulations listed in sub-paragraph (b), on 10th April 2006, and

(b) for the purposes of regulations 2(8), 3(10), 4(4) and 5(4) on 10th April 2006 immediately after article 16(3) of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2006 comes into force.

Section 2 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) For regulation 12 (relevant education) , there shall be substituted—

(12) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is to be treated as receiving relevant education if he is a qualifying young person within the meaning of section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person) .

(3) In regulation 13(2) (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support) —

(a) for “aged 16 or over but under 19” there shall be substituted “who is a qualifying young person within the meaning of section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)”; and

(b) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

(b) has in his applicable amount the disability premium or severe disability premium; or

(bb) has satisfied the provisions of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B for a continuous period of not less than 196 days, and for this purpose any two or more separate periods separated by a break of not more than 56 days shall be treated as one continuous period; or

(bc) he is a person to whom paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 applies; or

(4) In regulation 14 (persons of a prescribed description) —

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words from “aged 16 or over” to “(meaning of child)” there shall be substituted “who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)”; and

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

(5) In regulation 54 (interpretation for liable relatives) in the definition of “young claimant”, for “19” there shall be substituted “20”.

(6) In regulation 61(1) (interpretation for students) in the definition of “full-time student”, for “means a person,” there shall be substituted “means a person who is not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person) and”.

(7) In Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) —

(a) in paragraph 15 (persons in education), for “severely handicapped persons” there shall be substituted “disabled persons, persons with limited leave to enter or remain”; and

(b) before paragraph 28, there shall be inserted the heading “ Persons engaged in training ”.

(c) in paragraph 28, after “A person who is” there shall be inserted “not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person) and who is”.

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

(9) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 64(2)(c)(ii)(bb) and (4)(c)(ii)(bb) for “19” there shall be substituted “20”.

Section 3 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 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) , 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) .

(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) , 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)) —

(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) , 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) for “19” there shall be substituted “20”.

Section 4 Amendments in relation to Housing Benefit

(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (referred to in this regulation as “the Housing Benefit Regulations”) and the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (referred to in this regulation as “the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 19 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations (persons of 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 Act (meaning of child)” there shall be substituted “who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person)”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (2)(a), there shall be inserted “or”; and

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

(3) For regulation 56(2)(h) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (full-time students to be treated as not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling), there shall be substituted—

(h) who is—

(i) aged under 19 and whose course of study is not a course of higher education, or

(ii) a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person);

(4) In Schedule 3 paragraph 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations (applicable amounts), in paragraph (b) of column (1) of the table for “nineteenth” there shall be substituted “twentieth”.

(5) In Schedule 6 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 55(2)(c)(ii)(bb) and (4)(c)(ii)(bb) for “19” there shall be substituted “20”.

Section 5 Amendment in relation to Council Tax Benefit

(1) The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (referred to in this regulation as “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations”) and the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (referred to in this regulation as “the Council Tax Benefit (SPC) Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 9 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit (SPC) Regulations (persons of prescribed description for the definition of family in section 137(1) of the Act)—

(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 Act (meaning of child)” there shall be substituted “who falls within the definition of qualifying young person in section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person)”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (2)(a), there shall be inserted “or”; and

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

(3) For regulation 45(3)(h) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (students who are excluded from entitlement to council tax benefit), there shall be substituted—

(h) who is—

(i) aged under 19 and whose course of study is not a course of higher education, or

(ii) a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person);

(4) In Schedule 1 paragraph 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit (SPC) Regulations (applicable amounts), in paragraph (b) of column (1) of the table for “nineteenth” there shall be substituted “twentieth”.

(5) In Schedule 5 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 57(2)(c)(ii)(bb) and (4)(c)(ii)(bb) for “19” in both places it appears there shall be substituted “20”.

Section 6 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 3(4)(a) (persons temporarily absent from Great Britain), for “has not attained the age of 19, is treated as a child for the purposes of” there shall be substituted “is a child or qualifying young person within the meaning of”.

(3) In paragraph 2(2)(f) of Schedule I (circumstances in which persons are treated as being or not being severely disabled), for “treated as a” there shall be substituted “a qualifying young person or”.

(4) In Schedule II (housing costs) , for “19” there shall be substituted “20” in all of the following places—

(a) paragraph 1(2)(a)(iii)(aa),

(b) paragraph 1(5)(a),

(c) paragraph 4(7)(c)(i),

(d) paragraph 4(11)(c)(iii),

(e) paragraph 4(11)(c)(vi),

(f) paragraph 5(11)(b),

(g) paragraph 10(1)(a),

(h) paragraph 10(5)(b), and

(i) paragraph 12(2)(l).

(5) In Schedule V (income from capital)—

(a) in paragraph 6(2)(c), for “treated as” there shall be substituted “who is a qualifying young person or”; and

(b) in paragraph 15(8) in the definition of “child”, for “treated as” there shall be substituted “who is a qualifying young person or”.

(6) In Schedule VI (sums disregarded from claimant’s earnings), in paragraph 1(2)(b) for “treated as” there shall be substituted “who is a qualifying young person or”.