Regulation 18 Amendments to regulation 19 (eligibility criteria and verification measures)

in paragraph (4)(b), for “2 to 7” substitute “2 to 10”;

for paragraph (5)(a) substitute—

“(a)

in the case of eligibility criteria notified for the purposes of any of scheme years 2 to 8, the eligibility criteria include all the descriptions of persons in Part 1 of Schedule 2;

(aa)

in the case of eligibility criteria notified for the purposes of any of scheme years 9 and 10, the Authority is satisfied that the eligibility criteria include all the descriptions of persons in Part 1 of Schedule 2 other than those persons meeting the criteria described in any relevant eligibility statement; and”;

in paragraph (6), for “2 to 7” substitute “2 to 10”;

after paragraph (7) insert—

“(8)

In this regulation, “relevant eligibility statement” means an eligibility statement for the scheme year which has been consulted on and published by the Secretary of State before the start of the scheme year.”.