# The Social Security Amendment (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) Regulations 2002

S.I. 2002/2019 · made 30 July 2002 · 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) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992/1814).

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## Introductory text

SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 30th July 2002
Laid before Parliament 7th August 2002
Coming into force 14th October 2002
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 4(5), 35(1) and 36(2) 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 organisations concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations shall not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) Regulations 2002 and shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, come into force on 14th October 2002.
(2) Regulation 2 of these Regulations shall, in relation to a claimant for income support, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 14th October 2002 and in this paragraph the expressions “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations .
(3) Regulation 2 of these Regulations shall, in relation to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 14th October 2002 and in this paragraph the expression “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations .
(4) In these Regulations—
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

## 2 Income support, jobseeker’s allowance, ...: personal allowances in respect of children and young persons

(1) In Column (2) of the table in each of the paragraphs specified in paragraph (2) below (personal allowances in respect of a child or young person) —
(a) in entry “(a)”, for the sum “£33.50” there shall be substituted the sum “ £37.00 ”;
(b) in entry “(b)”, for the sum “£34.30” there shall be substituted the sum “ £37.80 ”.
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above are—
(a) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations;
(b) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions

## 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) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992/1814).
In particular, regulation 2 of these Regulations increases by £3.50 from 14th October 2002, the amounts of the weekly personal allowance applicable in respect of children and young persons in income support, jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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