# The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Regulation 4ZA: Prescribed categories of person

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person to whom any paragraph of Schedule 1B applies falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (entitlement to income support).
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a full-time student during the period of study.
(3) A full-time student during the period of study falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act only if—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) paragraph 1, 2, ... 11, ... 15A, or 18 of Schedule 1B applies to him; ...
(c) any other paragraph of Schedule 1B applies to him and—
(i) in the case of a person with a partner, the partner is also a full-time student and either he or his partner is treated as responsible for a child or young person, or
(ii) in any other case, he is treated as responsible for a child or young person,
but this provision applies only for the period of the summer vacation appropriate to his course; ...
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3A) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.
(4) A person who falls within a prescribed category in Schedule 1B for the purposes of this regulation for any day in a benefit week, shall fall within that category for the whole of that week.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/4ZA (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987/regulation-4ZA
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