Regulation 4 Further amendment of the Income Support RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In regulation 12(2) of the Income Support Regulations^f1 (relevant education) –

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “a higher national diploma or higher national certificate of either the Business & Technology Education Council or the Scottish Vocational Education Council” there shall be substituted “a higher national certificate”;

(b)

for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(b)

any other course which is a course of a standard above advanced GNVQ or equivalent, including a course which is of a standard above a general certificate of education (advanced level) or a Scottish national qualification (higher or advanced higher).”.

(2)

In regulation 42 of the Income Support Regulations (notional income) –

(a)

in paragraph (6A)(c)(ii)^f2 from “, but this sub-paragraph” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted;

(b)

paragraphs (6B) and (6C) shall be omitted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in operation at 4.10.2004, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Regulation 12 was substituted by regulation 5 of S.R. 1990 No. 131 and sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) were amended by regulation 4(4) of S.R. 1992 No. 403 and regulation 4(4) of S.R. 1993 No. 373
f2: Paragraphs (6A) to (6C) were inserted by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 390 and paragraph (6A) was amended by regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 1999 No. 390, regulation 3(a) of S.R. 2000 No.109 and regulation 13(6) of S.R. 2001 No. 151