The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations

19.  In Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts) after the words “regulation 17” wherever they occur in that Schedule there shall be inserted “(1)”; and—

(a)in paragraph 1 for “18(a)” there shall be substituted “18(1)(a)”;

(b)in paragraph 2 for “18(c)” there shall be substituted “18(1)(c)”;

(c)in paragraphs 3 and 4 for the words “and 18” wherever they occur in those paragraphs there shall be substituted “and 18(1)”;

(d)after paragraph 14 (disabled child premium) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

Persons in receipt of concessionary payments

14A.  For the purpose of determining whether a premium is applicable to a person under paragraphs 12 to 14, any concessionary payment made to compensate that person for the non-payment of any benefit mentioned in those paragraphs shall be treated as if it were a payment of that benefit..