Amendments relating to full-time non-advanced education: council tax benefit
13. In regulation 45 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations(1) (students who are excluded from entitlement to council tax benefit)—
(a)for paragraph (3)(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 (3A) substitute—
“(3A) Paragraph (3)(h)(ii) only applies to a claimant until the end of the course during which the claimant attained the age of 21.”.
Regulation 45(3)(h) is substituted by S.I.2006/718 and amended by S.I.2009/583. Paragraph (3A) is inserted by S.I. 2009/583 and amended by S.I.2010/641. There are other amendments to regulation 45 which are not material to these Regulations.