s 19 Reduced payments
(1) Regulations may provide for the amount of an income-based jobseeker's allowance payable in respect of any young person to whom this Article applies to be reduced— (a) in such circumstances, (b) by such a percentage, and (c) for such a period, as may be prescribed. (1A) Regulations may provide for the amount of a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance payable in respect of any joint-claim couple where a member of the couple is a young person to whom this Article applies to be reduced— (a) in such circumstances, (b) by such a percentage, and (c) for such a period, as may be prescribed. (2) This Article applies to any young person in respect of whom— (a) a direction is in force under Article 18; and (b) either of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (3) is satisfied. (3) The conditions are that— (a) the young person was previously entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance and that entitlement ceased by virtue of the revocation of a direction under Article 18; (b) he has failed to complete a course of training and no certificate has been issued to him under paragraph (4) with respect to that failure. (4) Where a young person who has failed to complete a course of training— (a) claims that there was a good reason for the failure, and (b) applies to the Department for a certificate under this paragraph, the Department shall, if it is satisfied that there was a good reason for the failure, issue a certificate to that effect and give a copy of it to the young person. (5) In this Article “young person” means a person who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18.