Means of subsistenceU.K.

4.  “Means of subsistence” in regulation 3 means any means of subsistence governed by—

(a)Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1);

(b)Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2);

(c)sections 1 and 3 of Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995(3);

(d)articles 3 and 5 of Part II of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4);

(e)the State Pension Credit Act 2002(5); or

(f)the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(6).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in force at 15.6.2005, see reg. 1

(1)

1992 c. 4. Part VII is amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraphs 1 to 9 and Schedule 14; the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), Schedule 1, paragraphs 31 and 32 and Schedule 2; the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 174 and Schedule 14; the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2, paragraphs 30 to 35 and Schedule 3; the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), Schedule 1; The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 28; the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 8, paragraph 28 and the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), Schedule 1, paragraph 2 and Schedule 2, paragraphs 2 to 4.

(2)

1992 c. 7. Part VII was amended by the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3204 (N.I. 20)), Schedule 1, paragraph 5; the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 10)), Article 3(2); the Social Security (Incapacity for Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)), Article 12(2) and (3), Schedule 1, paragraph 32 and Schedule 2; the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), Schedule 2, paragraphs 13(2) and (5), 14(a) and (b), 15, 16, 17 and 18(2) and (3); the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), Schedule 1; the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), Schedule 8, paragraph 26 of Part IV and Schedule 10, Part IV.

(3)

1995 c. 18; sections 1 and 3 are amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), sections 59 and 88 and the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), Schedule 2, paragraphs 37 and 38.

(4)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I.15); Articles 3 and 5 were amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), Schedule 7, paragraph 3(2), (3), (4) and (5), and Schedule 10, Part V, and the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14), Schedule 2, paragraph 25.

(5)

2002 c. 16 was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (prospectively, on a date to be appointed), Schedule 24, and the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), sections 722 and 723 and Schedule 6.

(6)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.) was amended by the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule 6, paragraph 267 and the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No.28), regulation 16.