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Regulations 17[F1(1)](c) and 18(d)
3.—[F2(1)] The weekly amount for the purposes of regulations 17[F1(1)](c) [F3and 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 [F5to whom the conditions in both sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply] and no premium is applicable under paragraph 9, 9A, 10 or 11, [F6£15.90;]
(b)in any other case,] [F7£15.75] .
[F8(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.]
[F9(7) For the purposes of this paragraph, a claimant shall be treated as having been entitled to income support throughout any period which comprises only days on which he was participating in an employment zone programme and was not entitled to income support because, as a consequence of his participation in that programme, he was engaged in remunerative work or had income in excess of his applicable amount as prescribed in Part IV.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word 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
F2Sch. 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
F3Words 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)
F4Words 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)
F5Words 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)
F6Sum in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(g) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/440), arts. 1(2)(g), 16(4)(a)
F7Sum in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) substituted (7.4.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/526), arts. 1(2)(g), 17(4)(b)
F8Sch. 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)
F9Sch. 2 para. 3(7) added (3.4.2000) by The Social Security Amendment (Employment Zones) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/724), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(a): sum confirmed (7.4.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(g)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/526), arts. 1(2)(g), 17(4)(a)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1
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