PART 3Amendments relating to full-time, non-advanced education

Amendments relating to full-time non-advanced education: housing benefit12

In regulation 56 of the Housing Benefit Regulations25 (full-time students to be treated as not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling)—

a

for paragraph (2)(h) 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 142 of the Act (child and qualifying young person);

b

for paragraph (2A) 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.