The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Definitions

2.—(1) In the provisions specified in paragraph (2) –

(a) in the definition of “access funds” after paragraph (c) “or” shall be omitted and after paragraph (d) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“or

(e)

Financial Contingency Funds made available by the National Assembly for Wales;”;

(b) for the definition of “periods of experience” there shall be substituted the following definition –

““periods of experience” means periods of work experience which form part of a sandwich course;”;

(c) in the definition of “sandwich course” –

(i) for “Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000” there shall be substituted “Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1)”;

(ii) for “Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000” there shall be substituted “Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002(2)”.

(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) (students: interpretation) are –

(a) regulation 46(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations(3);

(b) regulation 61(1) of the Income Support Regulations(4).

(3) In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations –

(a) in regulation 1(2) (interpretation) in the definition of “sandwich course”(5) –

(i) for “Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000” there shall be substituted “Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001”;

(ii) for “Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000” there shall be substituted “Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002”;

(b) in regulation 130 (students: interpretation) –

(i) in the definition of “access funds”(6) after paragraph (c) “or” shall be omitted and after paragraph (d) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“or

(e)

Financial Contingency Funds made available by the National Assembly for Wales;”;

(ii) for the definition of “periods of experience” there shall be substituted the following definition –

““periods of experience” means periods of work experience which form part of a sandwich course;”.

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 277

(2)

S.I. 2002/195

(3)

Regulation 46 was renumbered by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2000 No. 241, the definition of “access funds” was inserted by regulation 4(2)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 242 and amended, and paragraph (d) added, by regulation 2(1)(b) and (2)(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 278, the definition of “periods of experience” was amended by regulation 4(4)(b)(iii) of S.R. 1996 No. 405 and the definition of “sandwich course” was substituted by regulation 4(2)(b) of S.R. 2000 No. 242

(4)

Regulation 61 was renumbered by regulation 3(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 241, the definition of “access funds” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 242 and amended, and paragraph (d) added, by regulation 2(1)(b) and (2)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 278, the definition of “periods of experience” was amended by regulation 5(8)(b)(iii) of S.R. 1996 No. 405 and the definition of “sandwich course” was substituted by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2000 No. 242

(5)

Definition of “sandwich course” was substituted by regulation 3(2)(b) of S.R. 2000 No. 242

(6)

Definition of “access funds” was inserted by regulation 3(4)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 242 and amended, and paragraph (d) added, by regulation 2(1)(b)(ii) and (2)(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 278