(1) The categories of young person defined in subsection (2) are entitled to support in accordance with sections 105 to 115.
(2) In this Act—
“category 1 young person” means a child who—
(a) is aged 16 or 17,
(b) is being looked after by a local authority, and
(c) has been looked after by a local authority or a local authority in England for a specified period, or periods amounting in all to a specified period, which began after the child reached a specified age and ended after the child reached the age of 16;
“category 2 young person” means a child who—
(b) is not being looked after by a local authority or a local authority in England, and
(c) immediately before ceasing to be looked after, was a category 1 young person;
“category 3 young person” means a person aged 18 or over who—
(a) has been a category 2 young person (and would continue to be so if he or she
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