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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Leaving Care) Social Security Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2005.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.
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(1) Section 6 of the Act (exclusion from benefits) shall not apply for the purposes of entitlement to income support  , income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance  where a person –
(a) falls within subsection (2) of that section; and
(b) falls within a category of person prescribed in –
(i) provided the person is a lone parent, regulation 13(2)(a) (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support) of; or
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) paragraph 1, 2, 7, 8..., 11......, 24 or 25 of Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) to,
the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Income Support Regulations”).
(2) Section 6 of the Act shall not apply to a person who falls within subsection (2) of that section who has not been looked after by an authority for the purposes of Article 34A(2) to (9) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 on or after 1st September 2005.
(3) In paragraph 1(b)(i), “lone parent” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th June 2005.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
