The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1168
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1990 and shall, subject to paragraph (2), come into force as follows–

(a) regulations 1 and 2, on 2nd July 1990;

(b) regulations 3 and 4, on 13th August 1990.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force in relation to a particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the date specified in paragraph (1) which applies in his case; and for this purpose the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in the General Regulations .

(3) In these Regulations “the General Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 .

Section 2 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts), in paragraph 1, for sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs–

(1) Single claimant aged–

(a) except where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;(1)(a) £21.90;

(b) less than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in Part II of Schedule 1A or who, had he been a registered person, would fall within any of those circumstances and who–

(i) is eligible for income support under regulation 13A; or

(ii) is the subject of a direction under section 20(4A) of the Act;

(c) less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(a);

(d) not less than 18 but less than 25;

(e) not less than 25.

(2) Lone parent aged–

(a) except where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;

(b) less than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in Part II of Schedule 1A or who, had he been a registered person, would fall within any of those circumstances and who–

(i) is eligible for income support under regulation 13A; or

(ii) is the subject of a direction under section 20(4A) of the Act;

(c) less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(a);

(d) not less than 18.

Section 3 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 4 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes)–

(a) in paragraph 6–

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (e)(ii) and (f), for the figure “£150.00” in each of those sub-paragraphs there shall be substituted the figure “£155.00”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(d), for the figure “£175.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£180.00”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (1)(e)(i), for the figure “£210.00” there shall be substi tuted the figure “£215.00”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2), for the figure “£165.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£170.00”;

(b) in paragraph 7–

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), (c), (d)(ii) and (f), for the figure “£200.00” in each of those sub-paragraphs there shall be substituted the figure “£210.00”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the figure “£215.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£225.00”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (d)(i), for the figure “£245.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£255.00”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (e), for the figure “£245.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£260.00”.

Section 4 Amendment of Schedule 7 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 7 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts in special cases) in paragraph 13A(2) in column (2), in heads (a), (b)(i) and (b)(iii), for the figure “£150.00” there shall be substituted in each of those heads the figure “£155.00”.