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These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1st September 2025.
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(1) The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) in paragraph (3) in the definition of “full-time education”—
(a) omit “except in regulation 3(2)(ab)”;
(b) for paragraph (a) substitute—“
(a) is education undertaken in pursuit of a course, where the time spent during term time in receiving tuition, engaging in practical work, or supervised study, or taking examinations—
(i) on average exceeds 12 hours per week, or
(ii) in the case of a person who suffers from an illness or physical or mental disability, is any amount of hours appropriate for that person’s individual circumstances, and”.
(3) In regulation 3 (education and training condition)—
(a) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) omit paragraphs (i) and (ii);
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (ab);
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or (ab)”;
(b) omit paragraphs (3) and (5);
(c) in paragraph (4) omit “, (2)(ab)”.
Nicholas Dakin
Jeff Smith
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
8th July 2025