Regulation 10 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

(1)

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

(2)

In regulation 6 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work), in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (k) insert—

“(ka)
he is engaged in caring for a person who is provided with continuing care by a local authority by virtue of arrangements made under section 26A of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f1 (duty to provide continuing care) and is in receipt of a payment made under that section of that Act;”.

(3)

In regulation 37 (earnings of self-employed earners)—

(a)

in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)
any payment made in accordance with section 26A of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (duty to provide continuing care)—

(i)
to a claimant; or

(ii)
where paragraph (3) applies, to another person (“A”) which A passes on to the claimant;”;

(b)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)
This paragraph applies only where A—

(a)
was formerly in the claimant’s care;

(b)
is aged 16 or over; and

(c)
continues to live with the claimant.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1995 c.36. Section 26A is inserted by section 67(1) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8).