Paragraph 4 Full-time study
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a claimant is a full-time student or on a training course and is liable to make owner-occupier payments in respect of either (but not both)—
the accommodation which the claimant occupies for the purpose of attending the course of study or training course; or
the accommodation which the claimant occupies when not attending the course of study or training course,
the claimant shall be treated as occupying as the claimant’s home the accommodation in respect of which the claimant is liable to make the owner-occupier payments.
A claimant who is a full-time student shall not be treated as occupying accommodation as the claimant’s home for any week of absence from it outside the period of study, other than an absence occasioned by the need to enter hospital for treatment.