# The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976, Regulation 5: Circumstances in which persons are to be regarded as receiving full-time education


(1) For the purposes of an invalid care allowance, a person shall not be treated as receiving full-time education for any period unless that period is one in respect of which the Department certifies that he is receiving full-time education by attendance at an establishment recognised by the Department as being, or as comparable to, a university, college or school.
(2) In determining the duration of a period of full-time education under paragraph (1) of this regulation, any temporary interruption of that education may be disregarded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1976/99/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-invalid-care-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1976/regulation-5
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