(1) Section 197(6) (amended by section 10(1)(e) of the Act of 2013) of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) the claimant has been in continuous receipt of the allowance from a date on or before 8 January 2014 and in the period prior to that date, the claimant was not a person to whom subsection (4) applied, or”,

(b) by the deletion of paragraph (b), and

(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph:

“(b) the claimant has attained the age of 18 years and has not attained the age of 26 years and at any time during the period of 12 months before he or she has so attained the age of 18 years -

(i) he or she was in or was placed in the care of the Executive pursuant to an order of the High Court, or

(ii) he or she was in or was placed in the care of the Executive -

(I) pursuant to an order of the District Court or the Circuit Court on appeal from the District Court made under Part III, IV, IVA or VI of the Child Care Act 1991,

(II) under a voluntary care arrangement pursuant to section 4 of the Child Care Act 1991, or