Regulation 4 Amendment of principal Regulations

In regulation 16(2) of the principal Regulations (payment of fees and outlays from property recovered or preserved)–

(a)

in sub-paragraph(a)(v) the words from “of the 1992 Act” to the end shall be substituted with the words “or an income-based jobseekers allowance or a back to work bonus (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995)”^f1;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (c) the words from “, but excluding” to the end shall be omitted;

(c)

at the end the full stop shall be omitted and there shall be inserted–

“;

(i)

to any payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments Act 1996^f2 or under section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968^f3;

(j)

to any payment made by the Secretary of State under the Earnings Top-up Scheme^f4.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1995 c. 18.
f2: 1996 c. 30.
f3: 1968 c. 49; section 12B was inserted by the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996, section 4.
f4: This Scheme, which applies only in certain areas of Great Britain, is an extra statutory Scheme introduced by the Secretary of State for Social Security having effect on 8th October 1996. Copies of the Rules of the Scheme may be obtained from the Customers Services Manager, Earnings Top-up, Norcross, Blackpool, FY5 3TA and will be available for inspection at the Department of Social Security, 9th floor, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HT and Offices of the Benefits Agency and Employment Job Centres which serve the area specified in Schedule 1 to the Scheme.