# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 54: Relevant education

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-54
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