The Social Security Amendment (Discretionary Housing Payments) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/2333
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Discretionary Housing Payments) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.

(2) In these Regulations—

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“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;

“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

Section 2 Disregard of discretionary housing payments

(1) There shall be added as—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) paragraph 75 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations ;

(d) paragraph 71 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ,

the following paragraph—

Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 .

(2) There shall be added as—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) sub-paragraph (d) in paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations ;

(d) sub-paragraph (d) in paragraph 12 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ,

the following sub-paragraph—

any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001,

Section 3 Further amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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