The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

[F1Prescribed categories of personE+W+S

4ZA.—(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 [F2full-time student] during the period of study.

(3) A [F2full-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—

F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)paragraph 1, 2, F4... 11, F4... [F515A,] or 18 of Schedule 1B applies to him; F3...

[F6(c)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; F7...]

F7(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8(3A) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.]

[F9(4) 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.]]

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