The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003

16.  In regulation 62(1) (calculation of grant income)–

(a) after paragraph (2)(h) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–

“(i) intended for the maintenance or child care costs of a child dependant.”;

(b) for paragraph (2B) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(2B) There shall also be excluded from a student’s grant income any grant of £510 in respect of expenditure on travel, books and equipment which is payable under regulation 15(8) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002.”;

(c) in paragraph (3) before the word “dependants” there shall be inserted the word “adult” and the words “or intended for an older student under Part IV of that Schedule” shall be omitted;

(d) in paragraph (3A) for the word “dependants” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the words “an adult dependant”, and

(e) in paragraph (3B) for the word “dependants” there shall be substituted the words “an adult dependant”.

(1)

The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 2000/1922, 2001/2319 and 2002/1589.