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Regulation 10 Amendments relating to full-time non-advanced education: housing benefitI1I2

Northern Ireland

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)—

(a)

for paragraph (2)(h)f1 substitute—

“(h)

who is—

(i)

aged under 21 and whose course of study is not a course of higher education;

(ii)

aged 21 and attained that age during a course of study which is not a course of higher education; or

(iii)

a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 138 of the Actf2 (child and qualifying young person);”; and

(b)

for paragraph (2A)f3 substitute—

“(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.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 10 in operation at 1.4.2012 in so far as not already in operation, see reg. 1(2)

I2

Reg. 10 in operation at 2.4.2012 for specified purposes, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

Sub-paragraph (h) was amended by regulation 6(6)(a) of S.R. 2009 No. 92

f2

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

f3

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