The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

14.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)(2), after paragraph 75 insert—

“76.   Any bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 (bereavement support payment) except any such payment which is disregarded as capital under paragraph 12(1)(e) or 65 of Schedule 8.”.

(3) In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded)(3)—

(a) in paragraph 12(1), after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014,”; and

(b) after paragraph 64, insert—

“65.   Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (rate of bereavement support payment), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.

(2)

Paragraph 75 of Schedule 7 was inserted by S.I. 2014/2103.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 12 was numbered as sub-paragraph (1) by S.I. 2002/2380. Paragraph 12(1)(d) was inserted by S.I. 2001/2333. Paragraph 64 of Schedule 8 was inserted by S.I. 2014/2103.