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These Regulations amend certain provisions in the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971) and in the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814) in relation to those persons who are undertaking qualifying courses as defined for the purposes of Parts II and IV of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) in regulation 17A(7) of those Regulations.
Regulations 2 to 5 provide that discretionary payments made to persons undertaking qualifying courses to meet, or help meet special needs, shall, for the purposes of those benefits, be disregarded for the purposes of assessing that person’s income or capital or, where such payments are made to third parties, shall not be taken into account as their notional income or notional capital.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.
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