Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “service user group”;
(b)after paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1B) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—
(a)a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i)a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or
(ii)a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,
in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or
(b)the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.
(3) In regulation 35(2)(f) (earnings of an employed earner), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
(4) In regulation 42(8ZA) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
(5) In paragraph 14(2) (disabled child premium)(2) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts), for “or (b)” substitute “, (b), (d) or (e)”.
(6) In paragraph 12(2B) (the standard rate) of Schedule 3 (housing costs), for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.
(7) In paragraph 2A of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
S.I. 1987/1967. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1323, 1992/1198, 1997/454, 1999/1509, 2004/963 and 2009/2655.
Paragraph 14 is revoked by S.I. 2003/455 but remains in force for certain claimants by virtue of regulation 1(4C) of S.I. 2003/455. In so far as it remains in force, it was substituted by S.I. 2007/719.