The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

4.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement, interpretation and application)—

(a) in paragraph (3) omit the definition of “service user group”;

(b) after regulation (3F) insert—

“(3G) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—

(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or

(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,

in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or

(b) the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.

(3) In regulation 98(2)(h) (earnings of an employed earner), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(4) In regulation 105(15A) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(5) In paragraph 11(2B) (the standard rate) of Schedule 2 (housing costs), for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.

(6) In paragraph 2A of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/454, 1999/1509, 2004/963 and 2009/2655.