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PART 2AMENDMENTS TO BENEFIT LEGISLATION EXTENDING TO ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

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

(2) In regulation 1(3) (interpretation)—

(a)in the definition of “qualifying person” after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”;

(b)after the definition of “vaccine damage payment” insert—

the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme” means the scheme of that name established by the Ministry of Justice in 2012 under section 47 of the Crime and Security Act 2010;.

(3) In each of the following provisions, after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”

(a)regulation 110(10)(c) (income treated as capital);

(b)regulation 113(3A)(a) (notional capital);

(c)paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded).

(1)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/2117, 2004/1141 and 2308, 2005/3391, 2008/2767, 2010/641, 2011/2425, 2017/329 and 689, 2020/618, 2021/2405 and 2023/640.