The Social Security (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) (Deductions) Regulations 1996

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Community Charges (Scotland) Regulations

3.—(1) For the heading of regulation 2 of the Community Charges (Scotland) Regulations there is substituted the following heading—

“Deductions from income support or jobseeker’s allowance”.

(2) Regulation 2 of the Community Charges (Scotland) Regulations(1) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(3) In paragraph (1) after the words “income support” there are inserted the words “or jobseeker’s allowance”.

(4) In paragraph (2)(e) after the words “income support” there are inserted the words “or jobseeker’s allowance”.

(5) In paragraph (4)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) after the words “income support” in each place where they occur there are inserted the words “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (a) there is inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(aa) whether there is sufficient entitlement to contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance to enable the Secretary of State to make any deduction, and for this purpose the adjudication officer shall determine that there is sufficient entitlement if the amount of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance payable before any deduction under these regulations is equal to or more than one-third of the age-related amount applicable to the debtor under section 4(1)(a) of the Jobseekers Act;”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b) after the words “income support” there are inserted the words “or jobseeker’s allowance”.

(1)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/113 and 1992/1026.