SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS TO JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS

16.

In regulation 131 M1 (calculation of grant income)–

(a)

after paragraph (2)(g) there shall be added the following–

“(h)

intended for the maintenance or child care costs of a child dependent.”;

(b)

for paragraph (3A) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(3A)

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 (4) 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 (5) for the word “dependants” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the words “ an adult dependant ”F1and the words “or for an older student” shall be omitted, and

(e)

in paragraph (5A) for the word “dependants” there shall be substituted the words “ an adult dependant ”.