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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/280",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Meaning of education",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulations 15 and 16, for the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “education” means a course of study to which paragraph (2) applies which is being undertaken at an educational establishment.\n(2) This paragraph applies to a course of study which is—\n(a) a full-time course of study, whether or not a grant is made for attending or undertaking it; or\n(b) a sandwich course within the meaning of regulation 2(8) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, regulation 2(9) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008 or regulation 4(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007.\n(2A) Paragraph (2) does not apply to any course of study which the claimant is required to attend for the purpose of meeting a requirement to undertake work-related activity.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 14(2A) added (1.4.2012) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/121), regs. 1(1), 18(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 14 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2007 No. 195"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/529"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/154"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/280/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:16.781320+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}