The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 71 M2 the following paragraph shall be added–

“72.— (1) Any payment made by a local authority to or on behalf of the claimant or his partner relating to–

(a) welfare services within the meaning of section 93(1) or (2) of the Local Government Act 2000;

(b) housing support services in respect of which the Scottish Ministers have paid a grant to the local authority under section 91(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001,

where the claimant or his partner qualified for that payment.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “local authority” means–

(a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

(c) in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M3 .”.

(3) In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded)–

(a) in paragraph 5 at the end there shall be added the words “ or, where that dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for as long as it is so occupied ”;

(b) after paragraph 58 M4 the following paragraph shall be added–

“59.— (1) Any payment made by a local authority to or on behalf of the claimant or his partner relating to–

(a) welfare services within the meaning of section 93(1) or (2) of the Local Government Act 2000;

(b) housing support services in respect of which the Scottish Ministers have paid a grant to the local authority under section 91(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001,

where the claimant or his partner qualified for that payment.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “local authority” means–

(a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

(c) in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”.

(4) In the regulations and Schedules specified in paragraph (5) below, for the words “invalid care allowance” wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ carer’s allowance ” preceded, where appropriate, by “a” instead of “an”.

(5) The regulations and Schedules referred to in paragraph (4) above are regulations 46, 48, 51 M5 , 121, 150 and 153 and Schedule A1 M6 , Parts III to IVB of Schedule 1 M7 , Schedule 6 M8 and Schedule 6A M9 .

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I.1996/207.

M2 Paragraph 71 was inserted by S.I.2001/2333.

M3 1994 c. 39.

M4 Paragraph 58 was inserted by S.I.2001/3481.

M5 The relevant amending instrument is S.I.1996/1516.

M6 Schedule A1 was inserted by S.I.2000/1978.

M7 Parts IVA and IVB were inserted by S.I.2000/1978. The relevant amending instruments are S.I.2002/490, S.I.2002/2020 and S.I.2002/2380.

M8 The relevant amending instrument is S.I.2000/2545.

M9 Schedule 6A was inserted by S.I.2000/1978. The relevant amending instrument is S.I.2000/2545.