Regulation 12 Condition relating to youth – full-time education
For the purposes of paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act, a claimant is to be treated as receiving full-time education for any period during which the claimant—
is at least 16 years old but under the age of 19; and
attends a course of education for 21 hours or more a week.
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), in calculating the number of hours a week during which a claimant attends a course, no account is to be taken of any instruction or tuition which is not suitable for persons of the same age who do not have a disability.
In determining the duration of a period of full-time education under paragraph (1) any temporary interruption of that education may be disregarded.
A claimant who is 19 years of age or over is not to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act as receiving full-time education.
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Textual amendments
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Section 3(3) is cited for the power to prescribe a payment under paragraph (b) of the definition of “pension payment”.
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Section 22 is cited insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7, 8(1), 9 and 10 of Schedule 2.
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Section 24(1) is cited for the definition of “employment” and “employed”, “period of limited capability for work”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “week”.
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Paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 is cited for the definition of “couple”, “education” and “remunerative work”.
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