# The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 2 of the Income Support Regulations

Extent: E+W+S

In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “Crown tenant” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““date of claim” means the date on which the claimant makes, or is treated as making, a claim for income support for the purposes of regulation 6 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987;”;
(b) after the definition of “lower rate” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““maternity leave” means a period during which a woman is absent from work because she is pregnant or has given birth to a child, and at the end of which she has a right to return to work either under the terms of her contract of employment or under Part III of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978;”;
(c) after the definition of “period of study” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““personal pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 84(1) of the Act and, in the case of a self-employed earner, includes a scheme approved by the Inland Revenue under Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2119/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-1993/regulation-2
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