Regulation 4 Amendments to the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987

immediately before the definition of “a course of advance education” insert—

• ““access fund payment” means a payment for further and higher education students made under section 7 or 68 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f1 or section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f2;”;

after the definition of “covenant income” insert—

• ““daily living costs” means food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel or housing costs;”;

after the definition of “last day of the course”^f3 insert—

• ““ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities;”;

in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “period of study” after “grant”, in both places where that word occurs, insert “or loan”;

for the definition of “sandwich course” substitute—

• ““sandwich course” has the meaning given by regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000^f4 or regulation 5(3) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1999^f5,”.