# The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2001, Schedule 2: Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987


In the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987—
(a) for paragraph (2) of regulation 13 (persons of a prescribed description) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is—
(a) on income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
(b) receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (relevant education); or
(c) a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.”;
(b) for the references to “section 17 or 24 of the Children Act 1989” in—
(i) paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); and
(ii) paragraph 18 of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded),
there shall be substituted references to “section 17, 23C or 24A of the Children Act 1989”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3070/schedule/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-act-2000-commencement-no-2-and-consequential-provisions-order-2001/schedule-2
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