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—

    1. a

      an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995; and

    2. 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.