Regulation 2 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 7(1)—

(a)

in paragraph (a) for “8 or 9” substitute “8, 9 or 76A”;

(b)

after paragraph (f) add—

“(g)
maternity allowance under section 35 of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f2 (state maternity allowance for employed or self-employed earner),”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2742 and 2002/2380.
f2: Section 35(1) was amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) section 53(1), the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) section 53 and paragraphs 2, 4(1) and (2) of Schedule 7, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) section 63(1), (2)(a) and S.I. 2014/606. See regulation 2(1) of S.I. 1987/1967 for the definition of “the Contributions and Benefits Act”.