Regulation 54 Relevant educationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 54 coming into force by Jobseeker’s Allowance 1996 reg. 1(1)
reg. 54(5) added by Social Security (New Deal) 1997 reg. 5
reg. 131(3A)(e)and word added by Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) 2003 reg. 3(1)(b)
reg. 54(2) substituted by Social Security (Young Persons) 2006 reg. 4(4)

(1)

Only full-time education which is undertaken by a child or young person and which is not a course of advanced education shall be treated as relevant education for the purposes of the Order.

(2)

A child or young person who is receiving full-time education for the purposes of section 138 of the Benefits Act (meaning of “child”) or who is treated as a child for the purposes of that section shall be treated as receiving full-time education.

(3)

A young person who—

(a)

is a part-time student;

(b)

before he became a part-time student fulfilled the requirements specified for a person falling within regulation 11(2) (part-time students), and

(c)

is undertaking a course of study, other than a course of advanced education,

shall not be treated as receiving relevant education.

(4)

A young person to whom paragraph (3) applied and who has completed or terminated his course of part-time study shall not be treated as receiving relevant education.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 54 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)