The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

4.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulations 62(2A)(1)(calculation of grant income) and 66A(5)(2) (treatment of student loans)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£280” substitute “£285”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£352” substitute “£361”.

(3) Omit regulation 62(2B)(3).

(4) After regulation 66B insert the following regulation—

“Treatment of fee loans

66C.   A loan for fees, known as a fee loan or a fee contribution loan, made pursuant to regulations made under Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 or section 73(f) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, shall be disregarded as income.”.

(1)

Paragraph (2A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/468, substituted by S.I. 1999/1935 and amended by S.I. 2001/2319. The amounts in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) were substituted by S.I. 2005/1807.

(2)

Regulation 66A was inserted by S.I. 1990/1549. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/1935 and 2001/2319. The amounts in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) were substituted by S.I. 2005/1807.

(3)

Paragraph (2B) as inserted by S.I. 2001/2319 was substituted by S.I. 2003/455 and revoked by S.I. 2005/1807, except in the case of a claimant to whom regulation 1(3) of S.I. 2003/455 applied.