PART IICONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT

F1Prescribed categories of person4ZA

1

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person to whom any paragraph of Schedule 1B applies falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (entitlement to income support).

2

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a F4full-time student during the period of study.

3

A F4full-time student during the period of study falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act only if—

a

F3paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 applies to him; or

b

paragraph 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, or 18 of Schedule 1B applies to him; or

F6c

any other paragraph of Schedule 1B applies to him and—

i

in the case of a person with a partner, the partner is also a full-time student and either he or his partner is treated as responsible for a child or young person, or

ii

in any other case, he is treated as responsible for a child or young person,

but this provision applies only for the period of the summer vacation appropriate to his course; or

d

he is taking part in the scheme known as the Adult Learning Option (which is provided in pursuance of arrangements made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973).

F53A

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.

F24

A person who falls within a prescribed category in Schedule 1B for the purposes of this regulation for any day in a benefit week, shall fall within that category for the whole of that week.