{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1995/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1995/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1742",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the following Regulations—\nthe Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992/1814);\nthe Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I.1991/2887);\nthe Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1973);\nthe Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1971);\nthe Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1967); and\nthe Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 (S.I.1983/1598).\nRegulation 2 amends the definition of “student” in each of those Regulations so that a person who has started a course of study remains a student even when temporarily absent from the course.\nRegulation 3 increases the amount to be allowed in respect of the cost of books and equipment in calculating a student’s grant income.\nRegulation 4 increases the amount of the deduction to be made in calculating a student’s eligible rent for housing benefit purposes.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1742/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:06:05.102649+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}