The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3329
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th January 2000.

Section 2 Amendment of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

After paragraph 14 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

Parental leave

(14A)

(1) A person who is—

(a) entitled to, and taking, parental leave by virtue of Part III of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 in respect of a child who is a member of his household; and

(b) not entitled to any remuneration from his employer in respect of that leave for the period to which his claim for income support relates; and

(c) entitled to working families' tax credit, disabled person’s tax credit , housing benefit or council tax benefit on the day before that leave begins.

(2) In this paragraph “remuneration” means payment of any kind.