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Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 1807

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2005

Made

4th July 2005

Laid before Parliament

8th July 2005

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

^M1^,^M2^,^M3^,^M4 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(3) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(1) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it , hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2005 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st August 2005.

(2) Regulation 2 shall come into force—

(a) in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2005 but before 1st September 2005, on the day the period of study begins; and

(b) in any other case, on 1st September 2005.

(3) In these Regulations—

^F1 ......

^M5 “ the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;

^M6 “ the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 ;

^M7 “ the 2003 Regulations ” means the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 ;

“ period of study ” for the purposes of paragraph (2) has the same meaning as in regulation 61 of the Income Support Regulations.

Amendments in relation to the calculation of grant income

2. —(1) The following amendments shall have effect.

(2) In sub-paragraph (a) of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (4) for “£275” substitute “ £280 ” .

(3) In sub-paragraph (b) of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (4) for “£343” substitute “ £352 ” .

^M8 (4) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) (which relate respectively to sums to be disregarded from the calculation of grant income and from student loans) are—

^F2 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F2 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) regulations 131(3) and 136(5) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations.

^F3 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F4 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F4 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F4 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F4 (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

James Plaskitt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

in force	Provision is in force
in force*	In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)
not in force	Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
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in force

Provision is in force

in force*

In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)

not in force

Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)

italics

Defined term

_dfn

Defined term (alternative style)

gry bckgrd

the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

footnote	commentary	related provisions	insert/omit
F1	Words in reg. 1(2) revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217) , reg. 1(1) , Sch. 1 (with regs. 2 , 3 , Sch. 3 , Sch. 4 )	this amendment (text ) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.
F2	Reg. 2(4)(a)(b) revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217) , reg. 1(1) , Sch. 1 (with regs. 2 , 3 , Sch. 3 , Sch. 4 )	this amendment (text ) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.
F3	Reg. 2(5) revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217) , reg. 1(1) , Sch. 1 (with regs. 2 , 3 , Sch. 3 , Sch. 4 )	this amendment (text ) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.
F4	Reg. 2(6)-(9) omitted (1.8.2006 for specified purposes and , 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1752) , regs. 1(2) , 6(2)		omitted
M1	1992 c. 4 . Section 123(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) . Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(4) was amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) .
M2	1995 c. 18 . Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Sections 35(1) and 36(4) were amended by section 2 of, and paragraphs 62 and 63 respectively of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999.
M3	See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) as amended by section 103 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
M4	See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.
M5	S.I. 1987/1967 .
M6	S.I. 1996/207 .
M7	S.I. 2003/455 .
M8	The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/1549 , 1999/1935, 2000/1922, 2001/2319, 2002/1589, 2003/1701, 2003/1914, 2004/1708.

Defined Term	Section/Article	ID
period of study	reg. 1.	def_266ca7b5c2
the 2003 Regulations	reg. 1.	def_d192199b80
the Income Support Regulations	reg. 1.	def_9b03855a99
the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations	reg. 1.	def_a4817a3efd

2005 No. 1807

The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation

Amendments in relation to the calculation of grant income

Status of changes to instrument text