Regulation 30 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations

Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations (applicable amounts) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In paragraph 12(1)(a)(i) for the words from “section 15” to “of that Act” there shall be substituted the words “Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act or severe disablement allowance under Part III of that Act”.

In paragraph 12(1)(c)(i) for the words “section 15 of the Social Security Act” there shall be substituted the words “Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act” and for the words “the Social Security Act” the second time they appear there shall be substituted the words “that Act”.

After sub-paragraph (3A)^f1 of paragraph 13 the following new sub-paragraph shall be inserted—

“(3ZA)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b), no account shall be taken of an award of invalid care allowance to the extent that payment of such an award is back-dated for a period before the date on which the award is made.”.