# The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996, Regulation 7: Amendment of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991


(1) The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “attendance allowance" there shall be inserted the following definition—
““the benefit Acts" means the Contributions and Benefits Act and the Jobseekers Act 1995 ;”.
(3) In regulation 7 (income-related benefits) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(aa) in the case of income-based jobseeker’s allowance, in accordance with paragraphs 12(1)(a), (b)(ii) or (c) or 13, and 14 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (applicable amounts).”.
(4) In regulation 8(2) (persons of a prescribed description) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(aa) who is entitled to income-based jobseeker’s allowance or would, but for section 3(1)(d) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (provision against dual entitlement of members of family), be so entitled;”.
(5) In regulation 55 (prevention of duplication of awards of family credit, disability working allowance and income support) after the words “family credit" there shall be inserted the words “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance".
(6) In Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a) in paragraph 3 after the words “housing benefit" there shall be inserted the words “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance"; and
(b) in paragraph 5(b) after the words “income support" there shall be inserted the words “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance".
(7) In Schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in paragraph 8(b) after the words “income-related benefit" there shall be inserted the words “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance,"; and
(b) at the end of the Schedule there shall be added the following paragraph—
“
49 The amount of any back to work bonus payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance or income support in accordance with section 26 of the Jobseekers Act 1995, or a corresponding payment under article 28 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1345/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/regulation-7
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