The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996

Made: 1st February 1996

Coming into force: 7th October 1996

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 40 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 124(1)(e), 137(1) and 175 (1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.

• (2) Regulations 2 to 32 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 7th October 1996 which applies in his case.

• (3) In these Regulations—

• the expressions “benefit week" and “claimant" have the same meanings as in the principal Regulations;

• “the principal Regulations" means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 .

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

2

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation)—

• (a) after the definition of “attendance allowance" there shall be inserted the following definition—

“the benefit Acts" means the Contributions and Benefits Act and the Jobseekers Act 1995; ;

• (b) the definition of “registered person" shall be omitted.

Amendment of regulation 3A of the principal Regulations

3

In regulation 3A of the principal Regulations (permitted period) —

• (a) in paragraph (1)(a) the words “subject to paragraph (2)," shall be omitted; and

• (b) paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be omitted.

Insertion of regulation 4ZA in the principal Regulations

4

In Part II of the principal Regulations (conditions of entitlement) there shall be inserted at the beginning the following regulation—

(4ZA) (1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person to whom any paragraph of Schedule 1B applies falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (entitlement to income support). (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a student during the period of study. (3) A student during the period of study falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Contributions and Benefits Act only if— (a) regulation 70(3)(a) applies to him; or (b) paragraph 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, or 18 of Schedule 1B applies to him; or (c) any other paragraph of Schedule 1B applies to him and he has a partner who is also a student, and either he or his partner is treated as responsible for a child or young person, but this provision shall apply only for the period of the summer vacation appropriate to his course.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

5

• (1) Regulation 4(2) of the principal Regulations (temporary absence from Great Britain) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) For heads (i) and (ii) of sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following heads—

(i) the claimant falls within one or more of the prescribed categories of person listed in Schedule 1B other than paragraphs 7, 15, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26 or 27 of that Schedule; or (ii) the claimant falls within paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B (persons incapable of work) and his absence from Great Britain is for the sole purpose of receiving treatment from an appropriately qualified person for the incapacity by reason of which he satisfies the conditions of that paragraph; or.

• (3) In head (v) for the words “paragraph 5 of Schedule 1" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B".

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations

6

In regulation 6 of the principal Regulations (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) for paragraph (f) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(f) he is a person to whom paragraph 4 of Schedule 1B applies;

Amendment of regulation 13 of the principal Regulations

7

In regulation 13(2) of the principal Regulations (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support)—

• (a) sub-paragraphs (f) and (g) shall be omitted; and

• (b) for sub-paragraph (h) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(h) is a person to whom paragraph 18 of Schedule 1B (refugees) applies.

Amendment of regulation 16 of the principal Regulations

8

• (1) Regulation 16 of the principal Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) In sub-paragraphs (a)(i), (aa)(i) and (b)(i) of paragraph (5) there shall be added at the beginning the words “subject to paragraph (5A),".

• (3) After paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(5A) Sub-paragraphs (a)(i), (aa)(i) and (b)(i) of paragraph (5) shall not apply in a case where immediately before the date of claim for income support the claimant was entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

Amendment of regulation 17 of the principal Regulations

9

In regulation 17(1) of the principal Regulations (applicable amounts) for the words “18 to 22" there shall be substituted the words “18 to 22A".

Amendment of regulation 18 of the principal Regulations

10

• (1) Regulation 18 of the principal Regulations (polygamous marriages) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) In paragraph (1)—

• (a) for the words “19 to 22" there shall be substituted the words “19 to 22A"; and

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “sub-paragraphs (3)(c)" there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (3)(d)".

• (3) In paragraph (2) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(b) that partner is a person who— (i) had he not been a member of a polygamous marriage would have qualified for income support under regulation 4ZA; or (ii) satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or (iii) is the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship).

Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations

11

In regulation 19(1) of the principal Regulations (applicable amounts for persons in residential care and nursing homes) for the words “regulation 22" there shall be substituted the words “regulation 22A".

Amendment of regulation 21 of the principal Regulations

12

In regulation 21(1) of the principal Regulations (special cases) for the words “regulations 21A and 22" there shall be substituted the words “regulation 22A".

Addition of regulation 22A of the principal Regulations

13

In Part IV of the principal Regulations (applicable amounts) at the end there shall be added the following regulation—

(22A) (1) Subject to paragraph (3), where a claimant falls within paragraph 25 of Schedule 1B (persons appealing against a decision that they are not incapable of work under the all work test), and none of the other paragraphs of that Schedule applies to him, his applicable amount shall be reduced by a sum equivalent to 20 per cent. of the following amount— (a) in the case of a person to whom regulation 17 or 18 or paragraphs 6, 9 to 12, 16, 17(c)(i) or (d)(i) of Schedule 7 applies— (i) where he is a single claimant aged less than 18 or a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where all the members, in either case, are less than 18, the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts); (ii) where he is a single claimant aged not less than 18 but less than 25 or a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member, or in the case of a polygamous marriage each other member, is a person under 18 who— (aa) does not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA, or who would not so qualify if he were to make a claim; and (bb) does not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and (cc) is not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship), the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(d) of that Schedule; (iii) where he is a single claimant aged not less than 25 or a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage (other than a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage to whom head (ii) of this sub-paragraph applies) at least one of whom is aged not less than 18, the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of that Schedule; (b) in the case of a person to whom regulation 19 applies (applicable amounts for people in residential care and nursing homes), the amount allowed for personal expenses for him specified in paragraph 13 of Schedule 4. (2) A reduction under paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p. (3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a claimant who is appealing against a decision that he is not incapable of work under the all work test where that decision was made on the first application of the test to the claimant, and the claimant was, immediately prior to 13th April 1995, either— (a) in receipt of invalidity pension under Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act as then in force, or severe disablement allowance; or (b) incapable of work in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 as in force on 12th April 1995 and had been so for a continuous period of 28 weeks.

Amendment of regulation 23 of the principal Regulations

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• (1) Regulation 23(4) of the principal Regulations (calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) For the words “paragraph 1(3)(b), (e) or (f)" there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs 1(3)(b), (c), (f) or (g)".

• (3) In sub-paragraph (a) for the words “paragraph 1(3)(b)" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 1(3)(c)".

• (4) In sub-paragraph (b) for the words “paragraph 1(3)(e) or (f)" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 1(3)(f) or (g)".

Amendment of regulation 31 of the principal Regulations

15

In regulation 31(2) of the principal Regulations (date on which income is treated as paid) for the words “unemployment benefit" there shall be substituted the words “jobseeker’s allowance".

Amendment of regulation 32 of the principal Regulations

16

In regulation 32(4) of the principal Regulations (calculation of weekly amount of income) —

• (a) in sub-paragraph (a) the words “unemployment benefit" shall be omitted; and

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b) after the words “income support" there shall be inserted the words “or jobseeker’s allowance".

Amendment of regulation 42 of the principal Regulations

17

In regulation 42(2) of the principal Regulations (notional income) for sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(c) jobseeker’s allowance;.

Amendment of regulation 71 of the principal Regulations

18

• (1) Regulation 71 of the principal Regulations (applicable amounts in urgent cases) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) In head (i) of paragraph (1)(a), for the words following “(polygamous marriages);" to the end of the head there shall be substituted the words “and where regulation 22A (reduction in applicable amount where the claimant is appealing against a decision that he is not incapable of work) applies, the reference in this head to 90 per cent. of the amount applicable shall be construed as a reference to 90 per cent. of the relevant amount under that regulation reduced by 20 per cent;".

• (3) In head (i) of paragraph (1)(b), for the words following “all of them;" to the end of the head there shall be substituted the words “and where regulation 22A (reduction in applicable amount where the claimant is appealing against a decision that he is not incapable of work) applies, the reference in this head to 90 per cent. of the amount shall be construed as a reference to 90 per cent. of the relevant amount under that regulation reduced by 20 per cent;".

Amendment of regulation 73 of the principal Regulations

19

In regulation 73(3) of the principal Regulations (amount of income support payable for part weeks) for the words “unemployment benefit" there shall be substituted the words “jobseeker’s allowance".

Amendment of regulation 75 of the principal Regulations

20

In paragraphs (b), (e) and (f) of regulation 75 of the principal Regulations (modifications in the calculation of income) for the words “unemployment benefit" in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “jobseeker’s allowance".

Amendment of regulation 76 of the principal Regulations

21

In regulation 76(a) of the principal Regulations (reduction in certain cases) for the words from the beginning of the paragraph to “applies" there shall be substituted the words “in the case of a claimant to whom regulation 22A (reduction in applicable amount where the claimant is appealing against a decision that he is not incapable of work) applies".

Insertion of Schedule 1B in the principal Regulations

22

Immediately before Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (applicable amounts) there shall be inserted as Schedule 1B the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

23

Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (applicable amounts) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations

24

• (1) Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (housing costs) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) For head (a) of paragraph 8(2) (new housing costs) there shall be substituted the following head—

(a) is a person to whom paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1B (persons caring for another person) applies;

• (3) In paragraph 14 (linking rule)—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (5)(a) after the words “unemployment benefit," there shall be inserted the words “a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance,";

• (b) in sub-paragraph (5A) for the words “paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 applies (persons with caring responsibilities not required to be available for employment)" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1B (persons caring for another person) applies"; and

• (c) in sub-paragraph (5B) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following head—

(b) is a student, other than one who would qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA(3) (prescribed categories of person);

Amendment of Schedules 3A and 3B to the principal Regulations

25

In Schedules 3A and 3B to the principal Regulations (protected sum) in the definition of “protected sum" in paragraph 1(1) of each Schedule after the words “under this Schedule" there shall be inserted the words “or by virtue of regulation 87(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .".

Amendment of Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations

26

In paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations (capital to be disregarded) in sub-paragraph (b) after the words “an income-related benefit or" there shall be inserted the words “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance,".

Transitional provisions

27

• (1) Where on 6th October 1996 or at any time during the eight weeks immediately preceding that date paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (persons caring for another person) as in force on that date applied to a claimant, or would have applied to him if he had made a claim for income support, the claimant shall be treated for the purposes of paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 1B to the principal Regulations as if, throughout the period that paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 applied or would have applied to him, paragraph 4 of Schedule 1B had applied or would have applied to him.

• (2) Where on 6th October 1996 paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (persons incapable of work) as in force on that date applied to a claimant, the claimant shall be treated for the purposes of regulation 4(2)(c)(v) of and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1B to the principal Regulations as if, throughout the period that paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 applied to him, paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B had applied to him.

• (3) Where—

• (a) a determination of the amount of a person’s benefit has been made in a case to which regulation 19(5) of The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 as originally made had effect (amendments consequential on the coming into force of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994: transitional provisions); and

• (b) an appeal to which regulations 8(2A) or 11(2A) of the principal Regulations as in force on 2nd October 1995 referred (persons not required to be available or registered for employment), has still to be determined,

regulation 22A(1) of the principal Regulations (reduction in applicable amount where the claimant is appealing against a decision that he is not incapable of work) shall not apply to that person.

Revocations

28

The regulations listed in Column 2 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations are hereby revoked to the extent specified in Column 3 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations

29

• (1) The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

(3) In these Regulations the expressions “transitional addition" and “special transitional addition" include any amount payable by virtue of regulation 87(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

• (3) In regulation 2A (permitted period) —

• (a) in paragraph (1)(a) the words “subject to paragraph (2)," shall be omitted; and

• (b) paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be omitted.

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991

30

In regulation 24 of the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (permitted period)—

• (a) in paragraph (1)(a) the words “subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation," shall be omitted; and

• (b) paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be omitted.

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 6 Regulations 1991

31

In regulation 6 of the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 6 Regulations 1991 (definition of “permitted period")—

• (a) in paragraph (1) the words “subject to paragraph (2) below," shall be omitted; and

• (b) paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be omitted.

Continuity with jobseeker’s allowance

32

In determining whether a person is entitled to or is to be treated as being in receipt of income support or whether any amount is applicable or payable—

SCHEDULE 1 — To be inserted before Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

SCHEDULE 2 — Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

1

Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule.

2

In column (1) of paragraph 1 in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following head—

(b) less than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;

3

In paragraph 1 for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(3)Couple—(a)where both members are aged less than 18 and—(i)at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or(ii)had they not been members of a couple,, each would have qualified for income support under regulation 4ZA; or(iii)the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or(iv)there is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);	(3) (a)£57.20
(b)where both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;	(b)£37.90
(c)where both members are aged less than 18 and heads (a) and (b) do not apply;	(c)£28.85
(d)where both members are aged not less than 18;	(d)£75.20
(e)where one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—(i)qualifies for income support under regulation 4ZA,, or who would so qualify if he were not a member of a couple; or(ii)satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or(iii)is the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);	(e)£75.20
(f)where the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—(i)would not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA if he were not a member of a couple; and(ii)does not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and(iii)is not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);	(f)£37.90
(g)where the claimant is aged not less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—(i)would not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA if he were not a member of a couple; and(ii)does not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and(iii)is not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship)..	(g)£47.90

4

After paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(1A) (1) The circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 are that— (a) the person has no parents nor any person acting in the place of his parents; (b) the person— (i) is not living with his parents nor any person acting in the place of his parents; and (ii) in England and Wales, was being looked after by a local authority pursuant to a relevant enactment who placed him with some person other than a close relative of his; or in Scotland, was in the care of a local authority under a relevant enactment and whilst in that care was not living with his parents or any close relative, or was in custody in any institution to which the Prison Act 1952 or the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 applied immediately before he attained the age of 16; (c) the person is in accommodation which is other than his parental home, and which is other than the home of a person acting in the place of his parents, who entered that accommodation— (i) as part of a programme of rehabilitation or resettlement, that programme being under the supervision of the probation service or a local authority; or (ii) in order to avoid physical or sexual abuse; or (iii) because of a mental or physical handicap or illness and needs such accommodation because of his handicap or illness; (d) the person is living away from his parents and any person who is acting in the place of his parents in a case where his parents are or, as the case may be, that person is, unable financially to support him and his parents are, or that person is— (i) chronically sick or mentally or physically disabled; or (ii) detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under sentence imposed by a court; or (iii) prohibited from entering or re-entering Great Britain; or (e) the person of necessity has to live away from his parents and any person acting in the place of his parents because— (i) he is estranged from his parents and that person; or (ii) he is in physical or moral danger; or (iii) there is a serious risk to his physical or mental health. (2) In this paragraph— (a) “chronically sick or mentally or physically disabled" has the same meaning it has in regulation 13(3)(b) (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support); (b) in England and Wales, any reference to a person acting in place of a person’s parents includes a reference to— (i) where the person is being looked after by a local authority or voluntary organisation who place him with a family, a relative of his, or some other suitable person, the person with whom the person is placed, whether or not any payment is made to him in connection with the placement; or (ii) in any other case, any person with parental responsibility for the child, and for this purpose “parental responsibility" has the meaning it has in the Children Act 1989 by virtue of section 3 of that Act; (c) in Scotland, any reference to a person acting in place of a person’s parents includes a reference to a local authority or voluntary organisation where the person is in their care under a relevant enactment, or to a person with whom the person is boarded out by a local authority or voluntary organisation whether or not any payment is made by them.

SCHEDULE 3 — REVOCATIONS

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Statutory Instrument Number	Statutory Instrument	Provision revoked
1987/1967	The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987	Regulations 7,, 8,, 9,, 10,, 10A,, 11,, 13A,, 21A and 22,, and Schedules 1 and 1A.
1988/663	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988	Regulations 6,, 7,, 11 and 28.
1988/1228	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.3 Regulations 1988	Regulations 2(a),, 4,, 7,, 8 and the Schedule.
1988/1445	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.4 Regulations 1988	Regulation 18.
1988/2022	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.5 Regulations 1988	Regulation 16.
1989/534	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989	Paragraph 6 of Schedule 1.
1989/1034	The Family Credit and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989	Regulations 6 and 10.
1989/1323	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.2 Regulations 1989	Regulations 4,, 5,, 6 and 7.
1990/547	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1990	Regulations 9,, 15 and 16.
1990/1549	The Social Security Benefits (Student Loans and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1990	Regulation 5(3) and (8).
1990/1657	The Income-Related Benefits Amendment Regulations 1990	Regulation 5(2) and (3).
1990/2324	The Income Support (General and Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1990	Regulation 3.
1991/236	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1991	Regulation 2(1)(b),(c) and (d),, (3),, and (4) in so far as it relates to regulations 9 and 13A of the principal Regulations; regulations 3,, 4,, 6,, 8,, 10 and 11.
1991/387	The Enterprise (Scotland) Consequential Amendments Order 1991	Article 9(b),, and in the Schedule,, entry (a) in column (3) opposite the entry relating to the principal Regulations in column (1).
1991/1559	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.4 Regulations 1991	Regulations 13 and 14.
1991/2742	The Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1991	Regulation 11(3).
1992/468	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1992	Regulation 3(2) and paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Schedule.
1992/2804	The Income Support (General) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1992	The whole Regulations.
1993/315	The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993	Regulation 5.
1994/527	The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994	Regulation 7.
1995/482	The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995	Regulations 6,, 7,, 8,, 9,, 14 and 15.
1995/2303	The Income-related Benefits Schemes and Social Security Claims and Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995	Regulation 6(7).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Roger Evans — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Social Security — 1996-02-01

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c. 18.

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 4; subsection (1)(e) was added by the Jobseekers Act 1995, section 41(4) and Schedule 2, paragraph 30(5); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

[^f00003]: See section 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/1967.

[^f00005]: 1995 c. 18.

[^f00006]: Regulation 3A was inserted by S.I. 1989/1678.

[^f00007]: Head (v) was added by S.I. 1988/663 and substituted by S.I. 1995/482.

[^f00008]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1989/534 and 1990/547.

[^f00009]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/1228.

[^f00010]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1992/3147.

[^f00011]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/2324 and 1994/527.

[^f00012]: Paragraph (4) was added by S.I. 1988/1228.

[^f00013]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445 and 1995/482.

[^f00014]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1992/468 and 1995/2303.

[^f00015]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445, 1989/534 and 1993/2119.

[^f00016]: Regulations 73 to 77 were inserted by S.I. 1988/663; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1445 and 1995/482.

[^f00017]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/559.

[^f00018]: Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1995/1613.

[^f00019]: Sub-paragraphs (5A) and (5B) were inserted by S.I. 1995/2927.

[^f00020]: Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 1988/1445; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1989/534. Schedule 3B was inserted by S.I. 1989/534.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1996/207

[^f00022]: S.I. 1995/482; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/2303.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1987/1969.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1996/207

[^f00025]: Regulation 2A was inserted by S.I. 1989/1626.

[^f00026]: S.I. 1991/1559.

[^f00027]: S.I. 1991/2334.

[^f00028]: 1989 c. 41.

[^f00029]: 1968 c. 49.

[^f00030]: Part XIIA was inserted by sections 5 and 6(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18).

[^f00031]: Sections 171D and 171E were inserted by section 6 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994.

[^f00032]: S.I. 1995/3321.

[^f00033]: S.I. 1991/1522.

[^f00034]: S.I. 1995/1739.

[^f00035]: 1962 c. 12.

[^f00036]: S.I. 1995/1.

[^f00037]: S.I. 1986/594.

[^f00038]: 1948 c. 29; section 29 was amended by the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c. 30), section 1(2); the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (c. 61), sections 113(1) and 114 and Schedule 4; the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), section 95(2) and Schedule 9 Part I; the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), sections 195(6), 272(1), Schedule 23 paragraph 2 and Schedule 30; the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), section 14(1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 3; the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), section 129 and Schedule 15 paragraph 6; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 30 and Schedule 10 Part I; the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) section 108(5) and Schedule 13 paragraph 11(2); and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 44(7).

[^f00039]: Cmnd. 9171.

[^f00040]: Cmnd. 3906.

[^f00041]: Sections 126 and 127 are amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995, Schedule 2 paragraph 31.

[^f00042]: Sections 171A to 171C were inserted by section 5 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18).

[^f00043]: S.I. 1976/615; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/699, 1987/409, 1992/247, 1994/2975 and 1995/987.

[^f00044]: S.I. 1995/482.

[^f00045]: 1952 c. 52.

[^f00046]: 1989 c. 45.

[^f00047]: 1989 c. 41.

.

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Statutory Instrument Number	Statutory Instrument	Provision revoked
1987/1967	The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987	Regulations 7,, 8,, 9,, 10,, 10A,, 11,, 13A,, 21A and 22,, and Schedules 1 and 1A.
1988/663	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988	Regulations 6,, 7,, 11 and 28.
1988/1228	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.3 Regulations 1988	Regulations 2(a),, 4,, 7,, 8 and the Schedule.
1988/1445	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.4 Regulations 1988	Regulation 18.
1988/2022	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.5 Regulations 1988	Regulation 16.
1989/534	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989	Paragraph 6 of Schedule 1.
1989/1034	The Family Credit and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1989	Regulations 6 and 10.
1989/1323	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.2 Regulations 1989	Regulations 4,, 5,, 6 and 7.
1990/547	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1990	Regulations 9,, 15 and 16.
1990/1549	The Social Security Benefits (Student Loans and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1990	Regulation 5(3) and (8).
1990/1657	The Income-Related Benefits Amendment Regulations 1990	Regulation 5(2) and (3).
1990/2324	The Income Support (General and Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1990	Regulation 3.
1991/236	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1991	Regulation 2(1)(b),(c) and (d),, (3),, and (4) in so far as it relates to regulations 9 and 13A of the principal Regulations; regulations 3,, 4,, 6,, 8,, 10 and 11.
1991/387	The Enterprise (Scotland) Consequential Amendments Order 1991	Article 9(b),, and in the Schedule,, entry (a) in column (3) opposite the entry relating to the principal Regulations in column (1).
1991/1559	The Income Support (General) Amendment No.4 Regulations 1991	Regulations 13 and 14.
1991/2742	The Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1991	Regulation 11(3).
1992/468	The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1992	Regulation 3(2) and paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Schedule.
1992/2804	The Income Support (General) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1992	The whole Regulations.
1993/315	The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993	Regulation 5.
1994/527	The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994	Regulation 7.
1995/482	The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995	Regulations 6,, 7,, 8,, 9,, 14 and 15.
1995/2303	The Income-related Benefits Schemes and Social Security Claims and Payments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995	Regulation 6(7).

Editorial notes

[^c1764209]: 1995 c.18.

[^c1764210]: 1992 c.4; subsection (1)(e) was added by the Jobseekers Act 1995, section 41(4) and Schedule 2, paragraph 30(5); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed".

[^c1764211]: See section 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).

[^c1764212]: S.I. 1987/1967.

[^c1764213]: 1995 c.18.

[^c1764214]: Regulation 3A was inserted by S.I. 1989/1678.

[^c1764215]: Head (v) was added by S.I. 1988/663 and substituted by S.I. 1995/482.

[^c1764216]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1989/534 and 1990/547.

[^c1764217]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/1228.

[^c1764218]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1992/3147.

[^c1764219]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/2324 and 1994/527.

[^c1764220]: Paragraph (4) was added by S.I. 1988/1228.

[^c1764221]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445 and 1995/482.

[^c1764222]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445 and 1995/482.

[^c1764223]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1992/468 and 1995/2303.

[^c1764224]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445, 1989/534 and 1993/2119.

[^c1764225]: Regulations 73 to 77 were inserted by S.I. 1988/663; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1445 and 1995/482.

[^c1764226]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/559.

[^c1764227]: Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1995/1613.

[^c1764228]: Sub-paragraphs (5A) and (5B) were inserted by S.I. 1995/2927.

[^c1764229]: Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 1988/1445; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1989/534. Schedule 3B was inserted by S.I. 1989/534.

[^c1764230]: S.I. 1996/207

[^c1764231]: S.I. 1995/482; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/2303.

[^c1764232]: S.I. 1987/1969.

[^c1764233]: S.I. 1996/207

[^c1764234]: Regulation 2A was inserted by S.I. 1989/1626.

[^c1764235]: S.I. 1991/1559.

[^c1764236]: S.I. 1991/2334.

[^c1764237]: 1989 c.41.

[^c1764238]: 1968 c.49.

[^c1764239]: Part XIIA was inserted by sections 5 and 6(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18).

[^c1764240]: Sections 171D and 171E were inserted by section 6 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994.

[^c1764241]: S.I. 1995/3321.

[^c1764242]: S.I. 1991/1522.

[^c1764243]: S.I. 1995/1739.

[^c1764244]: 1962 c.12.

[^c1764245]: S.I. 1995/1.

[^c1764246]: S.I. 1986/594.

[^c1764247]: 1948 c.29; section 29 was amended by the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c.30), section 1(2); the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (c.61), sections 113(1) and 114 and Schedule 4; the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.49), section 95(2) and Schedule 9 Part I; the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70), sections 195(6), 272(1), Schedule 23 paragraph 2 and Schedule 30; the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c.50), section 14(1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 3; the National Health Service Act 1977 (c.49), section 129 and Schedule 15 paragraph 6; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), section 30 and Schedule 10 Part I; the Children Act 1989 (c.41) section 108(5) and Schedule 13 paragraph 11(2); and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), section 44(7).

[^c1764248]: Cmnd. 9171.

[^c1764249]: Cmnd. 3906.

[^c1764250]: Sections 126 and 127 are amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995, Schedule 2 paragraph 31.

[^c1764251]: Sections 171A to 171C were inserted by section 5 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18).

[^c1764252]: S.I. 1976/615; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/699, 1987/409, 1992/247, 1994/2975 and 1995/987.

[^c1764253]: S.I. 1995/482.

[^c1764255]: 1952 c.52.

[^c1764256]: 1989 c.45.

[^c1764257]: 1989 c.41.

[^key-5a19fb07c9fbb6de3d44e9f53fd0c85a]: Words in reg. 32 substituted (7.10.1996) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes and Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1944), regs. 1(a), 12 (with reg. 13)