The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

15.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraphs 38, 39 and 41, £20 of any [F1 relevant payment] made or due to be made at regular intervals, except any payment to which sub-paragraph (2) or paragraph 16 applies.

(2) Subject to [F2 sub-paragraph (3)] and paragraph 41, any [F3 relevant payment] made or due to be made at regular intervals which is intended and used for an item other than food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel, [F4 council tax, water charges,] rent for which [F5 housing benefit is payable or] any housing costs to the extent that they are met under regulation 83(f) or 84(1)(g) (housing costs)F6 ..., of a single claimant or, as the case may be, of the claimant or any other member of his familyF7 ....

(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply–

(a) to a payment which is made by a person for the maintenance of any member of his family or of his former partner or of his children;

(b) to a payment made–

(i) to a person who is, or would be, prevented from being entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance by section 14 (trade disputes); or

(ii) to a member of the family of such a person where the payment is made by virtue of that person’s involvement in the trade dispute.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) where a number of [F8 relevant payments] fall to be taken into account in any one week they shall be treated as though they were one such payment.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) the expression “ordinary clothing or footwear" means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities.

[F9 (5A) In this paragraph, “relevant payment” means—

(a) a charitable payment;

(b) a voluntary payment;

(c) a payment (not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above) from a trust whose funds are derived from a payment made in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant;

(d) a payment under an annuity purchased—

(i) pursuant to any agreement or court order to make payments to the claimant; or

(ii) from funds derived from a payment made,

in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant; or

(e) a payment (not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) above) received by virtue of any agreement or court order to make payments to the claimant in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant.]

F10 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(1) substituted (28.10.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Personal Injury Payments) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2442), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(a)(2)(d)

F2 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(2) substituted (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 24(b)(i)(aa)

F3 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(2) substituted (28.10.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Personal Injury Payments) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2442), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(b)(2)(d)

F4 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(2) inserted (4.10.2004) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2308), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(a)(2)(b)

F5 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(2) substituted (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 24(b)(i)(bb)

F6 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(2) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 24(b)(i)(cc)

F7 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(2) omitted (4.10.2004) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2308), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(b)(2)(b)

F8 Words in Sch. 7 para. 15(4) substituted (28.10.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Personal Injury Payments) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2442), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(c)(2)(d)

F9 Sch. 7 para. 15(5A) added (28.10.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Personal Injury Payments) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2442), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(d)(2)(d)

F10 Sch. 7 para. 15(6) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 24(b)(ii)