The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Relevant education

54.—(1) Only full-time education which is undertaken by a child or young person and which is not a course of advanced education shall be treated as relevant education for the purposes of the Order.

(2) A child or young person who is receiving full-time education for the purposes of section 138 of the Benefits Act (meaning of “child”) or who is treated as a child for the purposes of that section shall be treated as receiving full-time education.

(3) A young person who—

(a)is a part-time student;

(b)before he became a part-time student fulfilled the requirements specified for a person falling within regulation 11(2) (part-time students), and

(c)is undertaking a course of study, other than a course of advanced education,

shall not be treated as receiving relevant education.

(4) A young person to whom paragraph (3) applied and who has completed or terminated his course of part-time study shall not be treated as receiving relevant education.