The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/2230
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 4th October 1993.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation)–

(a) before the definition of “child support maintenance” there shall be inserted:

“child benefit” means child benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act ;

(b) after the definition of “dwelling” there shall be inserted:

“Eileen Trust” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations ;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 12 of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (1) of regulation 12 of the principal Regulations (weekly amount of net profit of self-employed earners)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “52 weeks” there shall be substituted the words “one year”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) the words “of weeks” shall be omitted.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 22 of the principal Regulations

(1) In paragraph (4) of regulation 22 of the principal Regulations (income treated as capital), for the words “paragraph 1, 2, 5, 10 or 16 of” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 1, 2, 5, 10, 16 or 18 of”.

(2) In paragraph (7) of regulation 22 of the principal Regulations (income treated as capital), after the words “the Fund,” there shall be inserted the words “the Eileen Trust,”.

Section 5 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (residents who qualify for the higher disregard in the calculation of earnings)–

(a) in paragraph (a), after the word “receives” there shall be inserted the words “an invalid care allowance or receives”; and

(b) in head (i) of paragraph (b), the words “an invalid care allowance” shall be omitted.

Section 6 Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations

(1) In paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (amount of a certain war and other similar pensions to be disregarded), after the words “of this Schedule” there shall be added the words “and as if the reference in paragraph 16(a) of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations to paragraphs 8 or 9 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations were a reference to paragraphs 5 or 6 of this Schedule”.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (income derived from disregarded capital), for the words “paragraph 2 or 16” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 2, 16 or 18”.

(3) In paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (housing costs of a temporary resident to be disregarded), the words “, which are” shall be omitted.

(4) In Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, after paragraph 28 there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

(28A) Any child benefit, except in circumstances where a resident is accompanied by the child in respect of whom the child benefit is payable and accommodation is provided for that child under Part III of the Act .

Section 7 Revocation

Paragraph (3) of regulation 8 of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations is hereby revoked.