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6.—(1) The Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 7 (income support – transitional arrangements)—
(a)in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “ Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 31(3) of the Income Support Regulations, ”;
(b)in paragraph (2) for the words following “the Secretary of State shall,” to the end of that paragraph there shall be substituted the words “ in the benefit week which begins on or includes 5th October 2003, disregard from his income an amount equivalent to the amount of child tax credit to which he is entitled. ”;
(c)in paragraph (3) for “paragraphs (1) and (2)” there shall be substituted “ paragraph (1) ”;
(d)in paragraph (7)—
(i)in each of sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ subject to sub-paragraph (d) ”;
(ii)the word “or” after sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted;
(iii)after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added the following—
“or,
(d)the first day of the benefit week in which the child’s first birthday occurs, if earlier.”.
(3) In regulation 8 (jobseeker’s allowance – transitional arrangements)—
(a)in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to regulation 96(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, ”;
(b)in paragraph (6)—
(i)in each of sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ subject to sub-paragraph (d) ”;
(ii)the word “or” after sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted;
(iii)after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added the following—
“or,
(d)the first day of the benefit week in which the child’s first birthday occurs, if earlier.”.
(4) In Schedule 1 (amendments to the Income Support Regulations)—
(a)in paragraph 16(d) (calculation of grant income) after the words “an adult dependant” there shall be added the words “ and the words “or for an older student” shall be omitted ”; and
(b)paragraph 21(e), (f), (g) and (h) shall be omitted.
(5) In Schedule 2 (amendments to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations)—
(a)in paragraph 16(d) (calculation of grant income) after the words “an adult dependant” there shall be added the words “ and the words “or for an older student” shall be omitted ”; and
(b)the words “and paragraph 9(a) in Column (2)” in paragraph 21(a) and paragraphs 2(b), 3(b) and 21(b) and (d) shall be omitted.
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Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 6(6) revoked (5.12.2005) by The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3061), reg. 1, Sch.