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The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975
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7.—(1) For the purposes of entitlement to any benefit [F1by virtue of a person`s earnings or contributions] he shall, subject to paragraphs [F2(2) to (4)], be entitled to [F3be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force,] in respect of each week in any part of which he was undergoing (otherwise than in pursuance of his employment as an employed earner) a course of F4... training approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation.
[F5(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to a person only if —
(a)the course is —
(i)a course of full-time training; or
(ii)a course of training which he attends for not less than 15 hours in the week in question and he is a disabled person within the meaning of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944; or
(iii)a course of training introductory to a course to which paragraph (i) or (ii) above applies; and
(b)when the course began it was not intended to continue for more than 12 months or, if he was a disabled person within the meaning of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 and the training was provided under the Employment and Training Act 1973 [F6or the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990], for such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances of his case; and
(c)he had attained the age of 18 before the beginning of the tax year in which the week in question began.]
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a woman in respect of any week in any part of which she was a married woman in respect of whom an election made by her under regulations made [F7under section 3(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975] had effect.
[F8(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person in respect of any week in any part of which that person was entitled to universal credit.]
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F1Words in reg. 7 substituted (2.10.1988) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1545), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
F2Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 70(3)(a)
F3Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (6.4.1987) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/414), regs. 1(1), 5(a) (with reg. 11)
F4Word in reg. 7(1) omitted (4.9.1988) by virtue of The Social Security (Credits) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1439), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)
F5Reg. 7(2) substituted (4.9.1988) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1439), regs. 1(1), 2(b) (with reg. 3)
F6Words in reg. 7(2)(b) added (1.4.1991) by The Enterprise (Scotland) Consequential Amendments Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/387), arts. 1, 3(a)
F7 Words in reg. 7(3) substituted (6.4.1978) by The Social Security (Credits) Amendment and (Earnings Factor) Transitional Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/409), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
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