Regulation 3 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

(1)

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 100(2)(b) (earnings of self-employed earners)—

(a)

for “27 or 28” substitute “27, 28 or 28A”;

(b)

for “and payments” substitute “, payments”;

(c)

after “claimant’s care” insert “and any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance)”.

(3)

After paragraph 28 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) insert—

“28A.

Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

(4)

At the end of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded) insert—

“67.

Any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/207. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2017/422.