# The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994, Regulation 17: Circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as receiving full-time education


(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 30A(7) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as receiving full-time education for the purposes of section 30A(2A)(e) of that Act).
(2) A person shall be treated as receiving full-time education for any period during which—
(a) he is 16 years of age or over but under the age of 19 years; and
(b) he attends a course of education for 21 hours or more in a week.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), in calculating the number of hours a week during which a person attends a course, no account shall be taken of any instruction or tuition which is not suitable for persons of the same age and sex who do not suffer from a physical or mental disability.
(4) In determining the duration of a period of full-time education under paragraph (2), any temporary interruption of that education may be disregarded.
(5) A person who is 19 years of age or over shall not be treated for the purposes of section 30A(2A)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as receiving full-time education notwithstanding he is undergoing a full-time education.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2946/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-benefit-regulations-1994/regulation-17
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