The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

7.[F1(1)] [F2Subject to sub-paragraph (2)] for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, once a premium is applicable to claimant under this Part, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of any benefit—

(a)in the case of a benefit to which the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 F3 applies, for any period during which, apart from the provisions of those Regulations, he would be in receipt of that benefit; and

(b)for any period spent by a person in undertaking a course of training or instruction provided or approved by the [F4Secretary of State for Education and Employment] under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 F5 [F6or by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990,] [F7or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance].

[F8(2) For the purposes of the carer premium under paragraph 14ZA, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of [F9carer’s allowance] by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) only if and for so long as the person in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains in receipt of attendance allowance [F10, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 37ZB(3) of the Social Security Act.].]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 7 renumbered as Sch. 7 para. 7(1) (1.10.1990) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1776), regs. 1(1)(a), 8(c)(i) (with reg. 1(2))

F51973 c. 50 as amended by sections 9 and 11 and Schedule 2 Part II paragraph 9 and Schedule 3 of the Employment and Training Act 1981 (c. 57).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1