Search Legislation

The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988

 Help about what version

What Version

  • Latest available (Revised)
  • Original (As made)
 Help about opening options

Opening Options

Status:

This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.

Amendment of regulation 19 of the General Regulations

9.  In regulation 19 of the General Regulations (applicable amounts for persons in residential care and nursing homes)—

(a)for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the follow paragraphs—

(1) Subject to regulation 22 (reduction of applicable amounts) where—

(a)the claimant lives in a residential care home or nursing home; or

(b)if the claimant is a member of a family, he and the members of his family live in such a home,

his weekly applicable amount shall, except in a case to which regulation 21 (applicable amounts in special cases) or Part II of Schedule 4 (persons to whom regulation 19 does not apply) applies, be calculated in accordance with Part I of that Schedule.

(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) a claimant and the members of his family are to be taken as living in a residential care home or nursing home even during periods when one or more members of the family are temporarily absent from the home but only if the claimant or his partner is living in the home during any such period.;

(b)in paragraph (3)—

(i)in the definition of “residential care home” for sub-paragraph (a)

there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(a)which is required to be registered under Part I of the Registered Homes Act 1984(1) and is so registered; or

  • and in sub-paragraph (b) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “in England or Wales,”;

(ii)in the definition of “temporary absence” at the beginning of sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the words “in paragraph (2) or”.

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Legislation is available in different versions:

Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.

Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.

Close

Opening Options

Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources
Close

More Resources

Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as made version that was used for the print copy
  • correction slips

Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:

  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • links to related legislation and further information resources