Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012

Sharing of information — amendment.

13.— Section 265(1) of the Principal Act is amended in paragraph (a) by substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (v):

“(v) a grant—

(I) that—

(A) was awarded in accordance with section 2 (amended by section 3 of the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992 ) of the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968 , and

(B) was continued under subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 of the Student Support Act 2011 ,

(II) that—

(A) was awarded pursuant to a scheme administered by a vocational education committee (within the meaning of section 7 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 ) whereby grants were provided to students to assist them in attending courses in higher or further education, and

(B) was continued under subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 of the Student Support Act 2011 ,

or

(III) that was awarded under a scheme of grants made pursuant to section 16 of the Student Support Act 2011 ,

or”.