# The Social Security Amendment (Capital) Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/2250 · made 15 September 1998 · revised to 6 March 2006

These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887).

## Introductory text

SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 15th September 1998
Laid before Parliament 21st September 1998
Coming into force 12th October 1998
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 123(1), 136(3), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(1), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Capital) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 12th October 1998.

## 2 Capital jointly held

(1) In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation, for the words from “to an equal share" to the end of the regulation there shall be substituted the following–
“to the whole beneficial interest therein in an equal share and the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall apply for the purposes of calculating the amount of capital which the claimant is treated as possessing as if it were actual capital which the claimant does possess”.
(2) The regulations specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this regulation (which relate to capital jointly held) are–
(a) regulation 36 of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992;
(b) regulation 39 of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991;
(c) regulation 35 of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987;
(d) regulation 44 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987;
(e) regulation 52 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;
(f) regulation 115 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887).
In particular, these Regulations amend the provisions governing the treatment of a person’s entitlement to capital which is jointly held for the purposes of ascertaining entitlement to the benefits referred to above (regulation 2).
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-regulations-1998
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