61Young parent payment: continuation after turning 20 years old

1. This section sets out the circumstances in which, despite section 56(1)(e), a young parent payment granted to a person (P) continues (if P is otherwise entitled to it) after P turns 20.

2. If a young parent payment begins less than 6 months before P turns 20, the payment continues until the close of the day that is 6 months after it began.

3. If P is continuing in a course of education or training or work-based learning when P turns 20, P’s young parent payment continues until,—

4. if the course is a course of secondary education or if the course ends in December, the close of the following 31 March:
5. in any other case, the close of the day that the course ends.

6. If subsections (2) and (3) both apply to P, P’s young parent payment continues until the later of the 2 dates that apply under those subsections.

7. While a young parent payment continues under subsection (2), P is not eligible to be granted—

8. sole parent support; or
9. an emergency benefit; or
10. jobseeker support; or
11. a supported living payment on the ground of caring for another person.

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• 1964 No 136 s 168