{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/121",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendments relating to full-time non-advanced education: housing benefit",
  "text": "In regulation 53 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (full-time students to be treated as not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling)—\n(a) for paragraph (2)(h) substitute—\n“(h) who is—\n(i) aged under 21 and whose course of study is not a course of higher education;\n(ii) aged 21 and attained that age during a course of study which is not a course of higher education; or\n(iii) a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 138 of the Act (child and qualifying young person);”; and\n(b) for paragraph (2A) substitute—\n“(2A) Paragraph (2)(h)(ii) only applies to a claimant until the end of the course during which the claimant attained the age of 21.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in operation at 1.4.2012 in so far as not already in operation, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in operation at 2.4.2012 for specified purposes, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (h) was amended by regulation 6(6)(a) of S.R. 2009 No. 92"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 138 was substituted by section 2(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6); see also regulation 2 of S.I. 2006/223"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 6(6)(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 92 and amended by regulation 8(7) of S.R. 2010 No. 69"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/121/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:47.804297+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."
}