The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2804
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 3rd December 1992.

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

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 10A of the principal Regulations

In regulation 10A of the principal Regulations (actively seeking employment) for paragraph (2) the following paragraph shall be substituted—

(2) A claimant, other than a person to whom regulation 10(1)(h) applies, shall not be required to be a person who is actively seeking employment during any week in which—

(a) the claimant—

(i) is a single woman and is pregnant, and

(ii) the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the claimant will suffer hardship; or

(b) the claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple where—

(i) one member of that couple is pregnant, and

(ii) the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, that member will suffer hardship; or

(c) the claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple where—

(i) he or his partner, or both of them, are responsible for a child or young person, and

(ii) the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the child or young person will suffer hardship; or

(d) the claimant’s applicable amount includes a disability premium under Part III of Schedule 2 (premiums) and the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the person, whether the claimant or his partner, who satisfies the additional condition in paragraph 12 of that Schedule for the award of the premium will suffer hardship.