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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-students-and-income-related-benefits-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1589",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Students and Income-related Benefits) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-students-and-income-related-benefits-regulations-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) in so far as those Regulations apply to students.\nIn particular, they—\namend the definitions of “access funds”, “periods of experience” and of “sandwich course” (regulation 2);\nincrease the amounts of grant and loan income to be disregarded in respect of books and equipment and for travel costs (regulation 3);\nprovide for the disregard of childcare grants payable under Northern Ireland legislation and of the child care component of National Assembly for Wales Learning Grants (regulation 4(1) and (2));\nprovide for both grant income and student loans to be apportioned over complete benefit weeks (regulations 4(3), (4), (7) and (8) and 5);\nclarify the position as regards the apportionment of amounts in grants intended for the maintenance of dependents (regulation 4(5) and (6));\nabolish the student rent deduction and make consequential amendments (regulation 6).\nThese Regulations do not impose any charge on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1589/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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