PART IIIAMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INCOME-RELATED BENEFITS AND JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE
Common amendments: Deductions from income support3
1
In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of each of the Regulations specified in paragraph (2) below, the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate places—
“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”, except in a case to which paragraph (b) of the definition of income-based jobseeker’s allowance applies, means a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 199522, but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance;
“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means—
- a
an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995; and
- b
in a case where, if there was no entitlement to contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, there would be entitlement to income-based jobseeker’s allowance at the same rate, contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance,
but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance;
2
The Regulations specified in this paragraph are—
a
the Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support)(No.2) Regulations 199023;
b
the Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support)(Scotland) Regulations 198924;
c
the Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 199325; and
d
the Fines (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 199226.