The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) (No. 2) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/2422
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations shall be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 9th October 2000.

Section 2 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987

At the end of regulation 51(2) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (eligible rent) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(e) to whom regulation 48A(5) (full-time students not to be treated as liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling) applies.

Section 3 Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992

(1) The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) For “(3A)" in sub-paragraph (4B) of regulation 42 (calculation of grant income), there shall be substituted “ (4A) ” .

(3) For the words

(3) Where a payment from access funds is made

in regulation 47A (treatment of payments from access funds), there shall be substituted the words

(4) Where a payment from access funds is made

Section 4 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (interpretation) the definition of “full-time student" shall be omitted from after the definition of “employment" and inserted after the definition of “ employment zone contractor ” .