The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

3.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulations 59(3) (calculation of grant income) and 64(5) (treatment of student loans)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£280” substitute “£285”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£352” substitute “£361”.

(3) For regulation 59(4) substitute—

“(4) There shall also be excluded from a student’s grant income the grant for dependants known as the parents' learning allowance paid pursuant to regulations made under Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 or section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.”.

(4) In regulation 62 (relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 5) for “paragraph 13” substitute “paragraph 14”.

(5) After regulation 64 insert the following regulation—

“Treatment of fee loans

64A.   A loan for fees, known as a fee loan or a fee contribution loan, made pursuant to regulations made under Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 or section 73(f) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, shall be disregarded as income.”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/213.