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 1(3) (interpretation)—

(a)

in the appropriate places insert—

““child abuse payment” means a payment from a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of historic institutional child abuse in the United Kingdom;”;

““Windrush payment” means a payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;”;

(b)

in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.

(3)

In regulation 105(10A) (notional income) after sub-paragraph (ab) insert—

“(ac)
a child abuse payment;

(ad)
a Windrush payment;”.

(4)

In regulation 110(10) (income treated as capital)—

(a)

omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (ab);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (ab) insert—

“(ac)
which is a child abuse payment;

(ad)
which is a Windrush payment; or”.

(5)

In regulation 113(3B) (notional capital), for “a payment of capital which is a Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—

“any of the following payments of capital—

(a)
a Grenfell Tower payment;

(b)
a child abuse payment;

(c)
a Windrush payment.”.

(6)

In paragraph 17(8)(b) (non-dependant deductions) of Schedule 2 (housing costs), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment or Windrush payment”.

(7)

In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)

in paragraph 22(2), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”;

(b)

in paragraph 41—

(i)

for sub-paragraph (1A) substitute—

“(1A)
Any—

(a)
Grenfell Tower payment;

(b)
child abuse payment;

(c)
Windrush payment.”;

(c)

in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.

(8)

In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a)

in paragraph 27—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment, Windrush payment”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”;

(b)

in paragraph 31, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S. I. 1996/207. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2020/618.