The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2001

Amendment of the Income Support Regulations E+W+S

3.—(1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 42(3)(b) (notional income), for the words “9 or 10” there shall be substituted the words “ 8 or 9 ” and for “1987” there shall be substituted “ 1988 ”.

(3) For regulation 71(2) (applicable amounts in urgent cases) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) In a case to which paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 M1 applies, the period for which a claimant’s weekly applicable amount is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be any period, or the aggregrate of any periods, not exceeding 42 days during any one period of leave to which that paragraph of that Part of the Schedule to those Regulations applies.”.

(4) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 1B M2 (prescribed categories of person), at the end of sub-paragraph (a)(iia) there shall be inserted the word “ or ”.

(5) At the end of paragraph 70 of Schedule 9 M3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), there shall be added the words “ or any payment of an employment credit made to that person as a participant in the New Deal 50 Plus Employment Credit Scheme pursuant to arrangements made under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 ”.

(6) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a) the second paragraph 57 M4 shall be omitted;

(b) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

“63.   Any education maintenance allowance payable by virtue of regulations made under section 518 of the Education Act 1996 M5 (payment of school expenses; grant of scholarships etc.) which is payable as a termly bonus or as an achievement bonus at the end of an academic term but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of that allowance.”.