(1) Subject to subsection (2), a youth allowance is not payable to a person if the person's youth allowance rate would be nil.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person's rate would be nil merely because:
(a) an election by the person under subsection 915A(1) (about quarterly energy supplement) is in force; or
(b) an advance pharmaceutical allowance has been paid to the person under the social security law.