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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207).

In particular, regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations provide that earnings of an employed earner which are due but not paid on the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy, shall not be treated as possessed by the claimant for the purpose of ascertaining entitlement respectively to income support or to a jobseeker’s allowance.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.