The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

Regulations 17[F1 (1)](c) and 18(d)

PART II E+W+S family premium

3.— [F2 (1)] The weekly amount for the purposes of regulations 17[F1 (1)](c) [F3 and 18(1)](d) in respect of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person shall be

[F4 (a) where the claimant is a lone parent [F5 to whom the conditions in both sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply] and no premium is applicable under paragraph 9, 9A, 10 or 11, £15.75;

(b) in any other case,] [F6 £11.05.]

[F7 (2) The first condition for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) is that the claimant—

(a) was both a lone parent and entitled to income support on 5th April 1998; or

(b) does not come within head (a) above but—

(i) was both a lone parent and entitled to income support on any day during the period of 12 weeks ending on 5th April 1998;

(ii) was both a lone parent and entitled to income support on any day during the period of 12 weeks commencing on 6th April 1998; and

(iii) the last day in respect of which (i) above applied was no more than 12 weeks before the first day in respect of which (ii) above applied.

(3) The second condition for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) is that as from the appropriate date specified in sub-paragraph (4), the claimant has continued, subject to sub-paragraph (5), to be both a lone parent and entitled to income support.

(4) The appropriate date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) is—

(a) in a case to which sub-paragraph (2)(a) applies, 6th April 1998;

(b) in a case to which sub-paragraph (2)(b) applies, the first day in respect of which sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) applied.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), where the claimant has ceased, for any period of 12 weeks or less, to be—

(a) a lone parent; or

(b) entitled to income support; or

(c) both a lone parent and entitled to income support,

the claimant shall be treated, on again becoming both a lone parent and entitled to income support, as having continued to be both a lone parent and entitled to income support throughout that period.

(6) In determining whether the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be treated as entitlement to income support for the purposes of any requirement that a person is entitled to income support.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 2 inserted (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1445), regs. 1(1)(b), 19

F2 Sch. 2 para. 3(1): Sch. 2 para. 3 renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 3(1) (6.4.1998) by The Social Security Amendment (Lone Parents) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/766), regs. 1(1), 12

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 substituted (12.9.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1445), regs. 1(1)(b), 19(c)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3 inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Benefit, Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1803), regs. 1(1)(b), 39(2)

F5 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(a) inserted (6.4.1998) by The Social Security Amendment (Lone Parents) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/766), regs. 1(1), 12(a)

F6 Sum in Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up Rating Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/470), arts. 1(2)(g), 18(4)(b)

F7 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)-(6) inserted (6.4.1998) by The Social Security Amendment (Lone Parents) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/766), regs 1(1). 12(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3(1)(a) sum confirmed (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(g) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up Rating Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/470), arts. 1(2)(g), 18(4)(a)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1