Paragraph 9 I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 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 1984^f2” substitute “the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009^f3”; 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)”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 15.7.2011, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1990/547, 1992/468, 1992/3147, 1993/2119, 1996/206, 1996/1944, 1998/563, 2003/455, 2004/2308, 2005/2465, 2005/2678, 2008/3157, 2009/2655 and S.S.I. 2005/2078. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant to this order. Regulation 16 was also amended by section 148 and Schedule 4, paragraph 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20) and the Armed Forces Act 1991 (c.62) (but with savings under articles 2 and 3(1) of S.I. 1991/2719).
f2: S.I. 1984/988, revoked by S.I. 1997/691.
f3: S.S.I. 2009/154, amended by S.S.I. 2010/172.