The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Disability working allowance: determination of appropriate maximum amount

8.—(1) Regulation 51 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations(1) (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In paragraph (1)(c)—

(a) for the words “at whichever description in paragraph 3 or 4 of column (1) fits” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of the period specified in either paragraph 3 or 4 of column (1) as appropriate to”;

(b) after the word “concerned”, there shall be inserted the words “and in those paragraphs, “the first Tuesday in September” means the Tuesday which first occurs in the month of September in any year”.

(3) In paragraph (2), for the words from “equals—” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “equals the allowance specified in column (2) of Schedule 5 against paragraph 4 in column (1).”.

(4) In paragraph (7)—

(a) for the word “age” in the first place where that word occurs there shall be substituted the words “period during which that amount is appropriate in respect”;

(b) for the words “age of the child or young person at” there shall be substituted the words “relevant period which includes”.

(1)

The relevant amending instruments are S.I.1992/2155, 1993/2119 and 1995/482, 516 and 1339.