PART 3Eligibility
Persons excluded from discretionary support13
Discretionary support may not be awarded in respect of a person who is—
a
a prisoner or a person who is lawfully detained or is on temporary release under rule 27 of the Prisons and Young Offenders Centres Rules (Northern Ireland) 1995 M1;
b
a resident in a residential care home, a nursing home or a hospital in-patient, unless it is expected that the person will be discharged within the following 2 weeks;
c
a member of a religious order who is fully maintained by that order;
d
listed in regulation 14 (a) to (c) unless regulation 14 applies.