Regulation 43 Disregard of contribution and rentI1

Where the claimant or his partner is a student and the income of one is taken into account for the purposes of assessing a contribution to the student’s grant, an amount equal to the contribution shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating the income of the one liable to make that contribution.

F1Where the student or his partner pays rent in ascertaining the weekly income of a student during the period of study there shall be disregarded an amount equal to F2the amount specified in regulation 51(1)(b) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987^f1 (eligible rent) or if he has no income or his income is less than the amount to be so disregarded a deduction shall be made from the income of his partner (if any) but only to the extent of the difference.

In this regulation “rent” includes all those payments in respect of a dwelling which are specified in regulation 10(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987.