Amendment of Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations
31. In Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations (applicable amounts in special cases)—
(a)in Column 2 of paragraph 13A(1) for the sum “£290” each time it appears there shall be substituted the sum “£325”;
(b)after paragraph 13A there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“Polish resettlement: Persons temporarily absent from accommodation13B. Where a claimant or his partner is temporarily absent from accommodation to which paragraph 13A applies for which the claimant is liable to pay a retaining fee, and but for that absence from that accommodation his applicable amount would be calculated in accordance with that paragraph and the absent person— (a)is a patient; or (b)is a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) does not apply. | 13B. The amount otherwise applicable to him under these Regulations may be increased to take account of the retaining fee— (a)in a case to which sub-paragraph (a) of Column 1 applies— (i)where the person has been a patient for a period of 6 weeks or less, by an amount not exceeding the maximum amount referred to in paragraph 13A(2)(a); (ii)where the person has been a patient for a period of more than 6 weeks, by an amount not exceeding 80 per cent. of the normal weekly charge for that accommodation, but any such increase shall not be for a con-tinuous period of more than 52 weeks; (b)in a case of a person to whom sub-paragraph (b) of Column 1 applies, by an amount not exceeding 80 per cent. of the normal weekly charge for that accommodation, but any such increase shall not be for a continuous period of more than 4 weeks.”. |