Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 6 of the General Regulations

In regulation 6 of the General Regulations (persons of a prescribed description), for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(2)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person–

(a)

who is entitled to income support or would, but for section 20(9) of the Act (provision against dual entitlement of members of family), be so entitled;

(b)

who is receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 1(2) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976^f1; or

(c)

who has ceased to receive full-time education but is to continue to be treated as a child by virtue of regulation 7 of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976.”.