Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
In particular, regulations 2 and 3 provide respectively that, for the purposes of ascertaining entitlement to income support or to a jobseeker’s allowance in respect of claims for those benefits made on or after 26th June 2000, any grant income paid in respect of living costs for dependants of the student in accordance with regulation 15 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/496) or in respect of the maintenance of any person dependent on the student in accordance with regulation 4(1)(c) of the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1131 (S.91)) which is attributed in respect of the period in the academic year beginning on the day when student loans cease to be apportioned, shall be disregarded where the student was liable to pay rent during the academic year in which the claim was made.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.