Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1935

The Social Security Amendment (Students) Regulations 1999

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1999 No. 1935
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Amendment (Students) Regulations 1999

	Made	7th July 1999
	Laid before Parliament	9th July 1999
	Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 123(1), 130(2) and (4), 136(3), (4) and (5), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[1] and sections 12(1), (2) and (4), 35(1) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995[2] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in so far as the Regulations relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities con cerned[3] and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[4], hereby makes the following Regulations -

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Students) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force -

(d) for the purposes of regulations 6 and 7 -

    (2) In regulation 1(1) of these Regulations, a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number.

Amendment of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations
     2. - (1) The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996[5] shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

    (2) In regulation 130 (interpretation of Chapter IX of Part VIII) -

"year", in relation to a course, means the period of 12 months beginning on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September according to whether the academic year of the course begins in the winter, the spring, the summer or the autumn respectively, but if students are required to begin attending the course during August or September and to continue attending through the autumn the academic year of the course shall be considered to begin in the autumn rather than the summer.

(3) In regulation 131 (calculation of grant income) -