# The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 4: Interruption of full-time education


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in determining whether a person falls within section 55(1)(b) of the Act no account shall be taken of a period (whether beginning before or after the person concerned attains age 16) of up to 6 months of any interruption to the extent to which it is accepted that the interruption is attributable to a cause which is reasonable in the particular circumstances of the case; and where the interruption or its continuance is attributable to the illness or disability of mind or body of the person concerned, the period of 6 months may be extended for such further period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable in the particular circumstances of the case.
(2) The provisions of sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to any period of interruption of a person’s full-time education which is likely to be followed immediately or which is followed immediately by a period during which—
(a) provision is made for the training of that person, and for an allowance to be payable to that person, under work-based training for young people or, in Scotland, Skillseekers training; or
(b) he is receiving education by virtue of his employment or of any office held by him.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110188640/schedule/I/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-support-maintenance-calculation-procedure-regulations-2000/schedule-I/paragraph-4
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