The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/1559
• Sections: 24

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 and shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, come into force as follows—

(a) regulations 1, 2, 10 to 12, 14 and 15(e), on 5th August 1991;

(b) regulations 15(a) to (c), 16 and 17, on 1st October 1991;

(c) regulations 4, 6 to 9, 13, 15(d), 18 to 21 and regulations 22 to 24 only insofar as they relate to regulations 4 and 13(b), on 7th October 1991;

(d) regulations 3 and 5 and regulations 22 to 24 only insofar as they relate to regulation 3, on 7th April 1992.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply in relation to a particular claimant until the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the date specified in paragraph (1); 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 regulation 2 of the General Regulations

In regulation 2(1) of the General Regulations (interpretation) , after the definition of “invalid carriage or other vehicle”, there shall be inserted the following definition—

“last day of the course” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 61 for the purposes of the definition of “period of study”;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 5 of the General Regulations

In regulation 5(1) of the General Regulations (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work), for the words “not less than 24 hours” there shall be substituted the words “ not less than 16 hours ” .

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 6 of the General Regulations

In regulation 6 of the General Regulations (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) —

(a) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(a) he is mentally or physically disabled, and by reason of that disability—

(i) his earnings are reduced to 75 per cent. or less of what a person without that disability and working the same number of hours would reasonably be expected to earn in that employment or in comparable employment in the area; or

(ii) his number of hours of work are 75 per cent. or less of what a person without that disability would reasonably be expected to undertake in that employment or in comparable employment in the area.

(b) after paragraph (f) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(g) he is in employment and lives in, or is temporarily absent from, a residential care home, a nursing home or residential accommodation and his, or his partner’s, applicable amount falls to be calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 4 (applicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes) or, as the case may be, paragraph 9, 10 to 10D, 13, 16 or 18 of Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases).

Section 5 Amendment of regulation 7 of the General Regulations

In regulation 7(1) of the General Regulations (meaning of employment) , in sub-paragraph (c), for the words “not less than 24 hours” there shall be substituted the words “ not less than 16 hours ” .

Section 6 Amendment of regulation 13 of the General Regulations

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

(a) in paragraph (2), for the words “a young person” there shall be substituted the words “ a person aged 16 or over but under 19 (hereinafter referred to as an eligible person) ” ;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “a young person’s parents” there shall be substituted the words “ an eligible person’s parents ” ;

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii), for the word “young” there shall be substituted the word “ eligible ” on each occasion where it appears.

Section 7 Amendment of regulation 28 of the General Regulations

In regulation 28 of the General Regulations (calculation of income), for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “income” includes capital treated as income under regulation 41 (capital treated as income) and income which a claimant is treated as possessing under regulation 42 (notional income).

Section 8 Amendment of regulation 42 of the General Regulations

In regulation 42(4) of the General Regulations (notional income) , in subparagraph (a)(ii)—

(a) the words “ community charge, water charges, or ” shall be deleted; and

(b) at the end, there shall be added the words “ , or is used for any personal community charge, collective community charge contribution or water charges for which that claimant or member is liable ” .

Section 9 Amendment of regulation 51 of the General Regulations

In regulation 51(3) of the General Regulations (notional capital) , in subparagraph (a)(ii)—

(a) the words “ community charge, water charges, or ” shall be deleted; and

(b) at the end, there shall be added the words “ , or is used for any personal community charge, collective community charge contribution or water charges for which that claimant or member is liable ” .

Section 10 Amendment of regulation 61 of the General Regulations

In regulation 61 of the General Regulations (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “grant income” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“last day of the course” means the date on which the last day of the final academic term falls in respect of the course in which the student is enrolled;

(b) in the definition of “period of study”—

(i) in paragraph (a) for the words “to the end” there shall be substituted the words “ and ending with the last day of the course ” ;

(ii) in paragraph (b), after the words “any subsequent year of the course,” there shall be added the words “ other than the final year of the course, ” ;

(iii) after paragraph (b) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(c) in the final year of a course of study of more than one year, the period beginning with that year’s start and ending with the last day of the course;

(c) in the definition of “student”, in paragraph (a), for the words “the end of the course” there shall be substituted the words “ the last day of the course ” .

Section 11 Amendment of regulation 62 of the General Regulations

In regulation 62(2)(g) of the General Regulations (calculation of grant income), for the sum “£246” there shall be substituted the sum “ £257 ” .

Section 12 Amendment of regulation 66A of the General Regulations

In regulation 66A(2) of the General Regulations (treatment of student loans) , in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “the date on which the course ends,” there shall be substituted the words “ the last day of the course, ” .

Section 13 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 1 to the General Regulations (persons not required to be available for employment)—

(a) for paragraph 4 (persons caring for another person), there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

4 1 A person (the carer)— a who is regularly and substantially engaged in caring for another person if— i the person being cared for is in receipt of attendance allowance under section 35 of the Social Security Act ; or ii the person being cared for has claimed attendance allowance under that section but only for the period up to the date of determination of that claim, or the period of 26 weeks from the date of that claim, whichever date is the earlier; or b who is engaged in caring for another person and who is in receipt of an invalid care allowance under section 37 of the Social Security Act. 2 If paragraph (1) ceases to apply to the carer, he shall not be required to be available for employment for a period of eight weeks from the date upon which that paragraph ceased to apply to him. 4A A person who, had he previously made a claim for income support, would not have been required to be available for employment by reason of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 4 for a period of 8 weeks from the date upon which that sub-paragraph would have ceased to apply to him. ; b for paragraph 6 (disabled workers), there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 6 A person to whom regulation 6(a) (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies. ; c after paragraph 6 there shall be inserted the following— Persons in employment living in residential care homes, nursing homes or residential accommodation

(6A) A person to whom regulation 6(g) applies.

(d) in paragraph 17 (persons required to attend court), the words “ for any period exceeding two days ” shall be deleted.

Section 14 Amendment of Schedule 1A to the General Regulations

In Schedule 1A to the General Regulations (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for income support) in paragraph 1, after the entry relating to paragraph 4 (persons caring for another person) there shall be inserted the following entries—

Section 15 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts)—

(a) in column (2) of paragraph 1—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a) for the sum “£23.65” there shall be substituted the sum “ £23.90 ” ;

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (1)(b) to (d), (2)(b) and (c) for the sum “£31.15” there shall be substituted the sum “ £31.40 ” ;

(b) for paragraph 2 , there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(2) The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 17(1)(b) and 18(1)(c).

(c) in Part II, in paragraph 3 , for the sum “£7.95” there shall be substituted the sum “ £8.70 ” ;

(d) in paragraph 14ZA (carer premium) —

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), at the beginning, there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), ” ;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

(3) Where a carer premium is awarded but the person in respect of whom it has been awarded either ceases to be in receipt of, or ceases to be treated as being in receipt of, invalid care allowance, the condition for the award of the premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date on which that person ceased to be in receipt of, or ceased to be treated as being in receipt of, invalid care allowance.

(4) Where a person who has been receiving, or who has been treated as receiving invalid care allowance ceases to be in receipt of, or ceases to be treated as being in receipt, of that allowance and makes a claim for income support, the condition for the award of the carer premium shall be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date that the person was last in receipt of, or was last treated as being in receipt of, invalid care allowance.

(e) in paragraph 14A (persons in receipt of concessionary payments) , for the words “under paragraphs 12 to 14” there shall be substituted the words “ under paragraphs 12 to 14ZA ” .

Section 16 Amendment of Schedule 3A to the General Regulations

In Schedule 3A to the General Regulations (protected sum) , in paragraph 5 (reduction of protected sum)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted the words “ sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) ” ;

(b) after sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(5) Where by virtue of the coming into force of regulation 15(a), (b) or (c) of the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 a claimant’s applicable amount increases in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days commencing on 1st October 1991, no account shall be taken of that increase.

Section 17 Amendment of Schedule 3B to the General Regulations

In Schedule 3B to the General Regulations (protected sum) , in paragraph 4 (reduction of protected sum)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)” there shall be substituted the words “ sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) ” ;

(b) after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(4) Where by virtue of the coming into force of regulation 15(a), (b) or (c) of the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 a claimant’s applicable amount increases in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days commencing on 1st October 1991, no account shall be taken of that increase.

Section 18 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations

In Part II of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes) after paragraph 17 there shall be added the following paragraph—

(18) A person who is living in a residential care home within the meaning of paragraph (d) of the definition of “residential care home” in regulation 19(3) and who is not in receipt of personal care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs or past or present mental disorder.

Section 19 Amendment of Schedule 7 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 7 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts in special cases) , in column (1)—

(a) in paragraph 11A for the words “circumstances specified in regulation 4(3)(a) to (d)” there shall be substituted the following—

in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2).

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the specified circumstances are—

(a) in respect of a claimant, those in regulation 4(3)(a) to (d);

(b) in respect of a claimant’s partner, as if regulation 4(3)(a) to (d) applied to that partner.

(b) in paragraph 12A for the words “circumstances specified in regulation 4(3)(a) to (d)” there shall be substituted the following—

in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2).

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the specified circumstances are—

(a) in respect of a claimant, those in regulation 4(3)(a) to (d);

(b) in respect of a claimant’s partner or partners, as the case may be, as if regulation 4(3)(a) to (d) applied to that partner or those partners.

Section 20 Amendment of Schedule 9 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 9 to the General Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) —

(a) in paragraph 15(2) (disregard of charitable and voluntary payments from income)—

(i) the words “ community charge, water charges, or ” shall be omitted; and

(ii) at the end, there shall be added the words “ , or is used for any personal community charge, collective community charge contribution or water charges for which that claimant or member is liable ” ;

(b) in paragraph 16 (disregard of £10 from certain pensions), for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(b) a pension paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain which is either—

(i) analogous to a war disablement pension; or

(ii) analogous to a war widow’s pension;

Section 21 Amendment of Schedule 10 to the General Regulations

In Schedule 10 to the General Regulations (capital to be disregarded) , in paragraph 23, following the word “occupational” there shall be added the words “ or personal ” .

Section 22 Saving Provision

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Section 23 Circumstances in which regulation 22 ceases to apply

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Section 24 Permitted period

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