The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015

Service User amendments

2.—(1) Paragraph (2) amends the following provisions—

(a) regulation 2(1B) (interpretation) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1);

(b) regulation 1(3G) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(2);

(c) regulation 1(3A) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(3)

(d) regulation 2(5) (interpretation) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(4);

(e) regulation 2(6) (interpretation) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(5);

(f) regulation 2(8) (interpretation) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(6);

(g) regulation 53(2) (meaning of other terms relating to earned income) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(7);

(h) regulation 3(6) (further interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013(8); and

(i) regulation 80(5) (earnings of employed earners) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013(9).

(2) Each of the provisions specified in paragraph (1) (which define when a claimant is participating as a service user) are amended as follows—

(a) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(ab) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i) the Secretary of State in relation to any of the Secretary of State’s functions in the field of social security or child support or under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(10); or

(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such functions,

in their capacity as a person affected or potentially affected by the exercise of those functions or the carer of such a person;”

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “sub-paragraph (a)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (a) or (ab)”.

(3) In regulation 3(6) (further interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013, before sub-paragraph (a) omit “the person”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967. Regulation 2(1B) was inserted by S.I. 2014/591.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207. Regulation 1(3G) was inserted by S.I. 2014/591.

(3)

S.I. 2002/1792. Regulation 1(3) was inserted by S.I. 2014/591.

(4)

S.I. 2006/213. Regulation 2(5) was inserted by S.I. 2014/591.

(5)

S.I. 2006/214. Regulation 2(6) was inserted by S.I. 2014/591.

(6)

S.I. 2008/794. Regulation 2(8) was inserted by S.I. 2013/2536.

(7)

S.I. 2013/376.

(8)

S.I. 2013/378.

(9)

S.I. 2013/379.

(10)

1973 c.50. Section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988.