The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

4.  For regulation 64B of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (treatment of special support loans)(1) and the heading of that regulation, substitute—

Treatment of loans for specific purposes

64B.  A loan under the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 or regulations made under section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 that is intended to meet the cost of books, equipment, travel or childcare is to be disregarded as income..

(1)

S.I. 2006/213; regulation 64B was inserted by S.I. 2016/743.