Regulation 6 Technical amendments

(1)

At the end of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“64

Any payment which falls to be treated as notional income made under paragraph (11) of regulation 105 above (payments made in respect of a person in a residential care or nursing home).”.

(2)

In Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations^f1 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)

the first paragraph designated “64”^f2 shall be omitted;

(b)

at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

“66

Any payment made with respect to a person on account of the provision of after-care under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983^f3 or section 8 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984^f4 or the provision of accommodation or welfare services to which Parts III and IV of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990^f5 refer, which falls to be treated as notional income under paragraph (4A) of regulation 42 above (payments made in respect of a person in a residential care or nursing home).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/563 and 1174.
f2: Paragraph 64 was inserted by S.I. 1998/563.
f3: 1983 c. 20.
f4: 1984 c. 30.
f5: 1990 c. 19.