The Social Security Amendment (Students and Income-related Benefits) Regulations 2001

Citation, commencement and interpretation U.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations shall be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Students and Income-related Benefits) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of this regulation and regulations 2 and 5 on 1st August 2001;

(b) for the purposes of regulations 3, 4 and 6 in so far as those regulations relate to income support and jobseeker’s allowance—

(i) in the case of a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2001 but before 27th August 2001, on the day the period of study begins;

(ii) in any other case, on 27th August 2001;

(c) for the purposes of regulations 3, 4 and 6 (in so far as those regulations relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit) and of regulation 7—

(i) in the case of a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2001 but before 27th August 2001, on the first Monday of that period;

(ii) in any other case, on 27th August 2001.

(2) In these Regulations—

• “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 M1 ;

• “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 M2 ;

• “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M3 ;

• “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M4 .

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1992/1814.

M2 S.I. 1987/1971.

M3 S.I. 1987/1967.

M4 S.I. 1996/207.