Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/18/part/I/crossheading/persons-under-18
Timestamp: 2018-07-15 23:45:28
Document Index: 642178857

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Persons under 18E+W+S
16 Severe hardship.E+W+S
[F1(b)it appears to him that the person concerned has, without [F2a good reason]—
(ii)after a place on such a scheme has been notified to him by an employment officer as vacant or about to become vacant, refused or failed to apply for it or to accept it when offered to him; or]
“training scheme” has such meaning as may be prescribed.]
F1S. 16(3)(b) substituted (18.10.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 139(1); S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18) (as amended (25.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 3(20), Sch. 20 paras. 1(a), 2(a))
F2Words in s. 16(3)(b) substituted (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 48, 150(3), Sch. 7 para. 3; S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(f)
F3S. 16(4) substituted (18.10.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 139(2); S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18) (as amended (25.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 3(20), Sch. 20 paras. 1(a), 2(a))
C1S. 12 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/4022, reg. 11(f)
17 Reduced payments.E+W+S
(1)Regulations may provide for the amount of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance [F4payable in respect of] any young person to whom this section applies to be reduced—
[F5(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 section applies to be reduced—
(b)[F6any] of the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) is satisfied.
[F7(b)he has given up a place on a training scheme, or failed to attend such a scheme on which he has been given a place, and no certificate has been issued to him under subsection (4);
(c)he has lost his place on such a scheme through misconduct.]
[F8(4)Where a young person who has given up a place on a training scheme, or failed to attend such a scheme on which he has been given a place—
(a)claims that there was [F9a good reason] for his doing so; and
the Secretary of State shall, if he is satisfied that there was [F9a good reason], issue a certificate to that effect and give a copy of it to the young person.
“young person” means a person who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18.]
F4Words in s. 17(1) substituted (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 30, ss. 70, 89(4)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. V para. 29(4)
F5S. 17(1A) inserted (19.3.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 59, Sch. 7 para. 11; S.I. 2000/2958, art. 2(2)
F6Word in s. 17(2)(b) substituted (18.10.1999 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 140(1); S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18) (as amended (25.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 3(20), Sch. 20 paras. 1(a), 2(a))
F7S. 17(3)(b)(c) substituted for s. 17(3)(b) (18.10.1999 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 140(2); S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18) (as amended (25.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 3(20), Sch. 20 paras. 1(a), 2(a))
F8S. 17(4)(5) substituted (18.10.1999 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 140(3); (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18) (as amended (25.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 3(20), Sch. 20 paras. 1(a), 2(a))
F9Words in s. 17(4) substituted (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 48, 150(3), Sch. 7 para. 3; S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(f)
I1S. 17 wholly in force at 7.10.1996; s. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(2); s. 17(1) in force (12.12.1995) for the purpose of authorising the making of regulations by S.I. 1995/3228, art. 2(b), Sch.; s. 17 in force (7.10.1996) in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2(b)