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(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—
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 “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
 “the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 ;
 “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.
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(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
              ”.
(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—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) regulations 62(2A) and 66A(5) of the Income Support Regulations;
(d) regulations 131(3) and 136(5) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, 
Department for Work and Pensions
