Amendment of regulation 1 of the Council Tax Regulations17.

In regulation 1(2) of the Council Tax Regulations—

(a)

in the definition of “benefit week” there are added at the end the words “or, as the case may be, regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199627;”;

(b)

in the definition of “income support”, there are added at the end the words “but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as income support;”;

(c)

after that definition there are inserted the following definitions—
““Jobseekers Act” means the Jobseekers Act 199528;

“jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of that Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance;”;

(d)

in the definition of “personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” there are added at the end the words “or, as the case may be, the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;”;

(e)

in the definition of “social security office”, for the words “Department of Employment” there are substituted the words “Department for Education and Employment”, and for the words “unemployment benefit” there are substituted the words “jobseeker’s allowance and income support”.