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Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2518

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Non-Dependant Deductions) Regulations 1996

Made

2nd October 1996

Laid before Parliament

7th October 1996

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 130(4), 131(10), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992M1 and sections 4(5), 35(1) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995M2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concernedM3 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to itM4, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M11992 c.4; section 131 was substituted for the purposes of council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".

M21995 c.18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “regulations".

Citation and commencementE+W+S

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Non-Dependant Deductions) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force —

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)for the purposes of regulation 4, on 6th April 1998.

(2) Regulation 4 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for either of the benefits mentioned in that regulation, from the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 1998 and for the purpose of this paragraph, “benefit week"shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M5 or, where appropriate, in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M6.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M5S.I. 1987/1967; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/1445.

M6S.I. 1996/207; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516 and 1517.

Council Tax Benefit: changes in thresholds for, and amounts of, non-dependant deductionsE+W+S

2.  F2...

Housing Benefit: changes in thresholds for, and amounts of, non-dependant deductionsE+W+S

3.  F2...

Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance: changes in thresholds for, and amounts of, non-dependant deductions relating to housing costsE+W+S

4.  In both paragraph 18 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M7 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M8 (thresholds for, and amounts of, non-dependant deductions relating to housing costs) —

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for head (a) there shall be substituted the following head —

(a)in respect of a non-dependant aged 18 or over who is engaged in any remunerative work, £39.00;;

(b)in sub-paragraph (2), after head (c) there shall be added the following heads —

(d)not less than £150.00 but less than £200.00, the deduction to be made under this paragraph shall be £32.00;

(e)not less than £200.00 but less than £250.00, the deduction to be made under this paragraph shall be £36.00.

Marginal Citations

M7S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1613 and 2927.

M8S.I. 1996/207; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/1517.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Roger Evans

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207).

In particular, these Regulations insert new thresholds for non-dependant deductions and amend the maximum amount of such deductions, relating to council tax benefit (regulation 2) and housing benefit (regulation 3). Similar provisions are inserted relating to the appropriate applicable amounts for the purposes of income support and jobseeker’s allowance (regulation 4).

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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