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The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

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Interpretation of Part IV

11.—(1) Regulation 57 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) (a) In sub-paragraph (aa) of paragraph (2)(c)(ii) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “in England and Wales” and the word “or” shall be deleted.

(b)In sub-paragraph (bb) of paragraph (2)(c)(ii), for the words “the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989” and for footnote (b) there shall be substituted “1989 c. 45.” and at the end the word “or” shall be inserted.

(c)After sub-paragraph (bb) of paragraph (2)(c)(ii) there shall be inserted the following—

(cc)in Scotland, in the care of a local authority under a relevant enactment and whilst in that care was not living with his parents or any close relative..

(3) Paragraph (3) shall be amended to read as follows—

(a)in England and Wales, any reference in this regulation to a person acting in place (b) of a person’s parents includes a reference to—

(i)where the person is being looked after by a local authority or voluntary organisation which places him with a family, a relative of his, or some other suitable person, the person with whom the person is placed, whether or not any payment is made to him in connection with the placement; or

(ii)in any other case, any person with parental responsibility for the child, and for this purpose “parental responsibility” has the meaning it has in the Children Act 1989(1) by virtue of section 3 of that Act; and

(b)in Scotland, any reference in this regulation to a person acting in place of a person’s parents includes a reference to a local authority or voluntary organisation where the person is in its care under a relevant enactment, or to a person with whom the person is boarded out by a local authority or voluntary organisation whether or not any payment is made by it..

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