SCHEDULE 1CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS: GENERAL

PART 2AMENDMENT OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987 No. 1967)

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1

The Income Support (General) Regulations 198712 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 16 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of a household)—

a

in paragraphs (4)(c) and (5)(e) for “ the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 198413” substitute “the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 200914”; and

b

in paragraph (8)(a), in the definition of “relevant enactment”, for “the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978” substitute “the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007”.

3

In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 25(1)(a) after “(schemes for payment of allowances to adopters)” insert “or in accordance with an adoption allowance scheme made under section 71 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (adoption allowances schemes)”.