The Deregulation Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

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

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “training allowance”, omit “the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(3) in regulation 53 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (d) of the definition of “access funds”, omit “or the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”;

(b) in the definition of “full-time course of study”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “or under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Children, Skills and Learning Act 2009”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “or under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009”;

(iii) in paragraph (b)(i)—

(aa) omit “under section 14 of the Education Act 2002 or the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”;

(bb) for “either of those persons” substitute “the Secretary of State”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/213, as amended by S.I. 2008/3157, S.I. 2009/583, S.I. 2010/1941 and S.I. 2012/956. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this Order.