The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/2402
• Sections: 39

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

(2) This regulation, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for income support from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” and “claimant” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.

(3) This regulation, regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

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(7) In these Regulations—

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

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

Section 2 Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations.

Section 4 Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations

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Section 5 Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Section 1

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) —

(a) after the definition of “board and lodging accommodation” there shall be inserted—

“child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;

(b) after the definition of “welfare to work beneficiary” there shall be inserted—

“working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;

(c) the definitions of “disabled person’s tax credit” and “working families’ tax credit” shall be omitted.

Section 2

In regulation 14 (persons of a prescribed description) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as it applies to income support (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.

Section 3

In regulation 15(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) at the end there shall be added “ and this includes a child or young person to whom paragraph (3) of regulation 14 applies. ” .

Section 4

In regulation 31 (date on which income is treated as paid) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

(3) Where an award of working tax credit or child tax credit does not commence on the first day of a benefit week, it shall be treated as paid on the first day of the benefit week that follows the date of the award.

Section 5

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Section 1

In regulation 1(3) (interpretation) —

(a) after the definition of “board and lodging accommodation” there shall be inserted—

“child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;

(b) after the definition of “welfare to work beneficiary” there shall be inserted—

“working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;

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(c) the definitions of “disabled person’s tax credit” and “working families’ tax credit” shall be omitted.

Section 2

In regulation 76 (persons of a prescribed description) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of the definition of “family” in section 35(1) of the Act includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the Benefits Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act.

Section 3

In regulation 77(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) at the end there shall be added “ and this includes a child or young person to whom paragraph (3) of regulation 76 applies. ” .

Section 4

For regulation 96(3) (date on which income is treated as paid) there shall be substituted—

(3) Where an award of working tax credit or child tax credit does not commence on the first day of a benefit week, it shall be treated as paid on the first day of the benefit week that follows the date of the award.

Section 5

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Section 1

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Section 2

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Section 3

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Section 4

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Section 5

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Section 6

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Section 7

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Section 8

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Section 9

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Section 10

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Section 11

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Section 12

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Section 1

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Section 2

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Section 3

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Section 4

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Section 5

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Section 6

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Section 7

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Section 8

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Section 9

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Section 10

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Section 11

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Section 12

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