The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993

Amendment of regulation 21A of the Income Support Regulations

5.—(1) Regulation 21A of the Income Support Regulations (reductions in applicable amounts in certain cases of failure to attend courses)(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (3)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “2 years” there shall be substituted the words “12 months”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “two years” there shall be substituted the words “12 months”.

(3) In paragraph (4)(d) the words “under a requirement to attend” shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph (5)—

(a) for the words “only if” there shall be substituted the word “only”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) if he was a member of a group of persons organised wholly or partly for the purpose of providing such assistance and he was called upon to—

(i) provide assistance to any person whose life might have been endangered or who might have been exposed to the risk of serious bodily injury or whose health might have been seriously impaired;

(ii) protect property of substantial value from imminent risk of serious damage or destruction; or

(iii) assist in measures being taken to prevent a serious threat to health; and”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) for the words “the events which may have given rise to an emergency include” there shall be substituted the words “where the events which gave rise to an emergency included”;

(ii) after the words “mountain accident;” there shall be inserted the word “or”.

(5) In paragraph (6), in the definition of “relevant course” after the words “or programme provided by” there shall be inserted the words “or on behalf of”.

(1)

Regulation 21A was inserted by S.I. 1990/2324.