The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

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

(2) In regulation 100(2)(b) (earnings of self-employed earners)—

(a) for “27 or 28” substitute “27, 28 or 28A”;

(b) for “and payments” substitute “, payments”;

(c) after “claimant’s care” insert “and any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance)”.

(3) After paragraph 28 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) insert—

“28A.   Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

(4) At the end of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded) insert—

“67.   Any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2017/422.