# The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1990, Regulation 5: Substitution of regulation 12 of the General Regulations

Extent: E+W+S

For regulation 12 of the General Regulations (relevant education) there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“Relevant education
12 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations a child or young person is to be treated as receiving relevant education if, and only if—
(a) he is not receiving advanced education; but
(b) he is receiving full-time education for the purposes of section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (meaning of child) or, as the case may be, he is treated as a child for the purposes of that section.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation “receiving advanced education” means participating in any course (whether full-time or part-time)—
(a) leading to a postgraduate degree or comparable qualification, a first degree or comparable qualification, a diploma of higher education, a higher national diploma, a higher national diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or the Scottish Vocational Education Council or a teaching qualification; or
(b) any other course which is a course of a standard above ordinary national diploma, a national diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or a national certificate of the Scottish Vocational Education Council, a general certificate of education (advanced level), a Scottish certificate of education (higher grade) or a Scottish certificate of sixth year studies.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/547/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-5
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