Regulation 22 Amendment of Schedule 8 to the Income Support RegulationsI1

Schedule 8 to the Income Support Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In paragraph 1^f1 for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)

where—

(i)

the employment has not been terminated, but

(ii)

the claimant is not engaged in remunerative work,

any earnings in respect of that employment except earnings to which regulation 35(1)(d) and (e) applies; but this sub-paragraph shall not apply where the claimant has been suspended from his employment.”.

For paragraph 2^f2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“2

In the case of a claimant who, before the date of claim—

(a)

has been engaged in part-time employment as an employed earner or, where the employment has been outside Great Britain, would have been so engaged had the employment been in Great Britain, and

(b)

has ceased to be engaged in that employment, whether or not that employment has been terminated,

any earnings in respect of that employment except any payment to which regulation 35(1)(e) applies; but this paragraph shall not apply where the claimant has been suspended from his employment.”.