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Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

5.  In Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 (housing costs)—

(a)in paragraph 3(11)(c), for head (i) substitute—

(i)detained in custody on remand pending trial or, as a condition of bail, required to reside—

(aa)in a dwelling, other than the dwelling he occupies as his home; or

(bb)in premises approved under section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000,

or, detained pending sentence upon conviction, or;

(b)in paragraph 18—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

(a)in respect of a non-dependant aged 18 or over who is engaged in any remunerative work, £47.75;

(b)in respect of a non-dependant aged 18 or over to whom paragraph (a) does not apply, £7.40.;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (7)—

(aa)at the end of paragraph (g), insert “ or ”;

(bb)after paragraph (g), add—

(h)if he is in receipt of state pension credit..

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1987/1967. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/2927, S.I. 2000/1981 and S.I. 2002/3019.