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# The Child Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2025 No. 818
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Child Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
Made
8th July 2025
Laid before Parliament
10th July 2025
Coming into force
1st September 2025
The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 142(2) and 175(1A), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 138(2) and 171(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, now exercisable by them.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#regulation-1}

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1st September 2025.

## 2 Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 {#regulation-2}

(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)”.