Regulation 2 Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006

(1)

The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) in paragraph (3) in the definition of “full-time education”—

(a)

omit “except in regulation 3(2)(ab)”;

(b)

for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

is education undertaken in pursuit of a course, where the time spent during term time in receiving tuition, engaging in practical work, or supervised study, or taking examinations—

(i)

on average exceeds 12 hours per week, or

(ii)

in the case of a person who suffers from an illness or physical or mental disability, is any amount of hours appropriate for that person’s individual circumstances, and”.

(3)

In regulation 3 (education and training condition)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) omit paragraphs (i) and (ii);

(ii)

omit sub-paragraph (ab);

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or (ab)”;

(b)

omit paragraphs (3) and (5);

(c)

in paragraph (4) omit “, (2)(ab)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2006/223. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2150, 2014/1231, 2014/2924, 2020/297.