The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations 2000

Amendments to the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987

4.  In regulation 37—

(a) immediately before the definition of “a course of advance education” insert—

““access fund payment” means a payment for further and higher education students made under section 7 or 68 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(1) or section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(2);”;

(b) after the definition of “covenant income” insert—

““daily living costs” means food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel or housing costs;”;

(c) after the definition of “last day of the course”(3) insert—

““ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities;”;

(d) in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “period of study” after “grant”, in both places where that word occurs, insert “or loan”;

(e) for the definition of “sandwich course” substitute—

• ““sandwich course” has the meaning given by regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000(4) or regulation 5(3) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1999(5),”.

(1)

1992 c. 13.

(2)

1980 c. 44.

(3)

The definition was inserted by regulation 7(a) of S.I. 1991/1520.

(4)

S.I. 2000/1121.

(5)

S.I. 1999/1001 (S.71).