# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008, Regulation 16: Claimants not to be treated as receiving education


Where a claimant is under 19 but not a qualifying young person, that claimant is not to be treated as receiving education where the course of study is not—
(a) a course leading to a postgraduate degree or comparable qualification, a first degree or comparable qualification, a diploma of higher education or a higher national diploma; or
(b) any other course which is of a standard above advanced GNVQ or equivalent, including a course which is of a standard above a general certificate of education (advanced level) or above a Scottish national qualification (higher or advanced higher).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/794/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-2008/regulation-16
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