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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-3-regulations-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2155",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-3-regulations-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make amendments to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887) and further amendments to the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967). In particular, they—\n(a) provide for the calculation of the amount to be deducted in respect of income tax in relation to a claimant’s earnings to include the lower rate of income tax and define “lower rate” (regulations 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17 and 18, and paragraphs 4, 7, and 8 of the Schedule);\n(b) amend the definition of “advanced education” in the provisions relating to relevant education and to students (regulations 10, 14 and 19, and paragraph 12 of the Schedule);\nWith respect to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991, they—\n(a) provide a definition of the expression “training allowance” (regulation 2); and\n(b) make a number of minor drafting changes (regulation 3 and the Schedule);\nWith respect to the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987, they—\n(a) amend the provisions for calculating the estimated earnings of self-employed earners (regulation 5) by deleting the reference to “other evidence” in regulation 15(2);\n(b) make minor amendments to certain provisions (regulations 7 and 11) relating to the method of calculating bonus or commission and to the applicable amount;\nWith respect to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, they—\n(a) provide that foster parents are not to be treated as in remunerative work solely because they receive payments for fostering a child (regulation 13);\n(b) further define the circumstances in which payments in respect of certain types of accommodation are included in applicable amounts (regulation 15);\n(c) provide that specified payments to foster parents are not to be treated as earnings (regulation 16);\n(d) make minor drafting changes to regulation 62 which relates to the calculation of grant income (regulation 20);\n(e) amend the provisions for calculating the income of a non-dependant by providing a disregard of certain payments (regulation 21).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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