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The Social Security (Welfare to Work) Regulations 1998
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- 1998 No. 2231
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Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
13.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) the following definition shall be inserted in the appropriate place–
““welfare to work beneficiary" means a person–
(a)
to whom regulation 13A(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 applies; and
(b)
who again becomes incapable of work for the purposes of Part XIIA of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M2;”.
(3) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)–
(a)in paragraph 10 (higher pensioner premium) the following sub-paragraph shall be added–
“(4) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary, references in sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(ii), (2)(b)(ii) and (3)(b) to a period of 8 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.”;
(b)in paragraph 12 (additional condition for higher pensioner and disability premiums) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
“(1A) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a period of 56 days shall be treated as a reference to a period of 52 weeks.”.
(4) In Schedule 3 (housing costs)–
(a)in paragraph 7 (transitional protection) the following sub-paragraph shall be added–
“(10) In the case of a person who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the references in sub-paragraphs (5)(c) and (7) to a period of 12 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.”;
(b)in paragraph 14 (linking rule) the following sub-paragraph shall be added–
“(10) In the case of a person who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the references in sub-paragraphs (1)(a)(ii), (1)(d) and (1)(f)(iii) to a period of 12 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.”.
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M1S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1992/468, 1993/315, 1995/482, 2303 and 2927 and 1996/1944.
M2Part XIIA was inserted by sections 5 and 6 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18).
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