The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2001

Article 3(3)

SCHEDULE 2 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987

In the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987—

(a) for paragraph (2)(1) of regulation 13 (persons of a prescribed description) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who is—

(a) on income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

(b) receiving advanced education within the meaning of regulation 12(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (relevant education); or

(c) a person to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (exclusion from benefits) applies.”;

(b) for the references to “section 17 or 24 of the Children Act 1989” in—

(i) paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); and

(ii) paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded),

there shall be substituted references to “section 17, 23C or 24A of the Children Act 1989”.

(1)

Paragraph (2) was amended by S.I. 1990/546 and 1996/1510.

(2)

Paragraph 26 was substituted by S.I. 1992/432.

(3)

Paragraph 18 was substituted by S.I. 1992/432.