The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 5 Regulations 1988

Amendment of Schedule 9 to the General Regulations

22.  In Schedule 9 to the General Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a) in paragraph 18 for the words“member of his household” there shall be substituted the words“person who normally resides with the claimant”;

(b) after paragraph 40(1) there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“41.   Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate a person who was entitled to supplementary benefit in respect of a period ending immediately before 11th April 1988 but who did not become entitled to income support in respect of a period beginning with that day.

42.   Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate for the loss of housing benefit supplement under regulation 19 of the Supplementary Benefit (Requirements) Regulations 1983(2).

43.   Any payment made to a juror or a witness in respect of attendance at a court other than compensation for loss of earnings or for the loss of a benefit payable under the benefit Acts.

44.   Any housing benefit in the form of a community charge rebate.”.

(1)

See S.I. 1988/663, regulation 35(f), and S.I. 1988/999, regulation 5(d), for paragraphs 38 and 39 and S.I. 1988/1445, regulation 25(d), for paragraph 40.

(2)

S.I. 1983/1399, amended by S.I. 1984/282 and 1986/1293.