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The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/1033 · Made 17 April 1991

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 17th April 1991

Laid before Parliament 25th April 1991

Coming into force 20th May 1991

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of thepowers conferred by section 22(1) and (4) and 84(1) of the SocialSecurity Act 1986f1 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act1975f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, andafter agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposalsto make these Regulations should not be referred to itf3hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision andis cited because of the meanings assigned to the words“prescribed” and“regulations”.

f2

1975 c. 14; section 166(3A) was inserted by section 62 of the SocialSecurity Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1)of that Act.

f3

See the Social Security Act 1986, section 61(1)(b) and (10); the SocialSecurity Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, added a definition of“regulations” to section 61(10) of the Social Security Act 1986.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of regulation 19 of the General Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of regulation 21 of the General Regulations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support(General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1991 and shall come into forceon 20th May 1991.

(2)

In these Regulations“the General Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987f1

2Amendment of regulation 19 of the General Regulations

In regulation 19 of the General Regulations (applicable amounts forpersons in residential care and nursing homes) after paragraph (1) thereshall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1ZA)

A person to whom paragraph (1) applies shall be treated as notbeing severely disabled.”.

3Amendment of regulation 21 of the General Regulations

In regulation 21 of the General Regulations (special cases) afterparagraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A)

Except where the amount prescribed in Schedule 7 in respect of aperson to whom paragraph (1) applies includes an amount applicable underregulation 17(1)(d) or 18(1)(e), a person to whom paragraph (1) appliesshall be treated as not being severely disabled.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Nicholas Scott

Minister of State,

Department of Social Security

17th April 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General)Regulations 1987 by providing for a person in a residential care ornursing home and, with certain exceptions, for a person whose applicableamount is determined under Schedule 7 to those Regulations to be treatedas not being severely disabled (regulations 2 and 3).