Article 8 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “the benefit Acts”, for “and Part 4 of the 2012 Act” substitute “, Part 4 of the 2012 Act and Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014”^f2.

(3)

In paragraph 12(1)(c) (additional condition for the Higher Pensioner and Disability Premiums)^f3 of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) after “that Act” insert “or a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1967.
f2: The definition of “the benefit Acts” was inserted by S.I. 1996/206. Other relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 2008/1554 and 2013/388.
f3: Paragraph 12(1)(c) of Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2002/3019.