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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/213",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the claimant is the parent of a student aged under 25 in advanced education who either—\n(a) is not in receipt of any award, grant or student loan in respect of that education; or\n(b) is in receipt of an award under section 2 of the Education Act 1962 or an award bestowed by virtue of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, or regulations made thereunder, or a bursary, scholarship or other allowance under section 49(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, or a payment under section 73 of that Act of 1980,\nand the claimant makes payments by way of a contribution towards the student's maintenance, other than a parental contribution falling within paragraph 19, an amount specified in sub-paragraph (2) in respect of each week during the student's term.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the amount shall be equal to—\n(a) the weekly amount of the payments; or\n(b) the amount by way of a personal allowance for a single claimant under 25 less the weekly amount of any award, bursary, scholarship, allowance or payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b),\nwhichever is less.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/5/paragraph/20",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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