Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as receiving full-time education
8.—(1) A person shall be treated as receiving full-time education for the purposes of severe disablement allowance for any period during which—
(a)he is not less than 16 or more than 19 years of age; and
(b)he attends for not less than 21 hours a week a course of education; so, however, that in calculating the number of hours a week during which he attends that course no account shall be taken of any instruction or tuition which is not suitable for persons of the same age and sex who do not suffer from a physical or mental disability.
(2) In determining the duration of a period of full-time education under paragraph (1), any temporary interruption of that education may be disregarded.
(3) A person over the age of 19 shall be treated as not receiving full-time education.