Regulation 7 Credits for approved training

(1)

For the purposes of entitlement to any benefit F1by virtue of a person`s earnings or contributions he shall, subject to paragraphs F2(2) to (4), be entitled to F3be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force, in respect of each week in any part of which he was undergoing (otherwise than in pursuance of his employment as an employed earner) a course of F4... training approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation.

F5(2)

Paragraph (1) shall apply to a person only if —

(a)

the course is —

(i)

a course of full-time training; or

(ii)

a course of training which he attends for not less than 15 hours in the week in question and he is a disabled person within the meaning of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944; or

(iii)

a course of training introductory to a course to which paragraph (i) or (ii) above applies; and

(b)

when the course began it was not intended to continue for more than 12 months or, if he was a disabled person within the meaning of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 and the training was provided under the Employment and Training Act 1973 F6or the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990, for such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances of his case; and

(c)

he had attained the age of 18 before the beginning of the tax year in which the week in question began.

(3)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a woman in respect of any week in any part of which she was a married woman in respect of whom an election made by her under regulations made F7under section 3(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 had effect.

F8(4)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person in respect of any week in any part of which that person was entitled to universal credit.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 7 substituted (2.10.1988) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1545), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
F2: Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 70(3)(a)
F3: Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (6.4.1987) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/414), regs. 1(1), 5(a) (with reg. 11)
F4: Word in reg. 7(1) omitted (4.9.1988) by virtue of The Social Security (Credits) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1439), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)
F5: Reg. 7(2) substituted (4.9.1988) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1439), regs. 1(1), 2(b) (with reg. 3)
F6: Words in reg. 7(2)(b) added (1.4.1991) by The Enterprise (Scotland) Consequential Amendments Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/387), arts. 1, 3(a)
F7: Words in reg. 7(3) substituted (6.4.1978) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment and (Earnings Factor) Transitional Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/409), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
F8: Reg. 7(4) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 70(3)(b)