SCHEDULEAmendments consequential on the Care Act 2014

Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

9.

(1)

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199614 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 78(9) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household), after sub-paragraph (za)(i) insert—

“(ia)

under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support); or”.

(3)

In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)

after paragraph 28(d), insert—

“(dza)

the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation in respect of the meeting of that person’s needs under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support);”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph 31(1)(e), insert “or Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 (care and support)”;

(c)

in paragraph 32(2)—

(i)

the text after “is provided by” becomes paragraph (a);

(ii)

at the end of that paragraph, insert—

“or

(b)

a person other than a local authority under arrangements made with the person by a local authority in the exercise of the local authority’s functions under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support).”;

(d)

in paragraph 56, after “health care)”, insert “or under sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014 (direct payments),”;

(e)

in paragraph 64, after “Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 refers,”, insert “or the provision of care and support under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014,”.

(4)

In paragraph 60 of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded), after “Any payment made under”, insert “sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014 (direct payments) or under”.