{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 1(3) (interpretation)—\n(a) for the definition of “Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—\n““Grenfell Tower payment” means a payment made for the purpose of providing compensation or support in respect of the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower;”;\n(b) at the appropriate places insert—\n““the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;”;”\n““the Post Office” means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540);”;”\n““Post Office compensation payment” means a payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is—\n(a) in connection with the failings of the Horizon system; or\n(b) otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Ltd ((No. 3) “Common Issues”);”;”\n““vaccine damage payment” means a payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;”;\n(c) in the definition of “qualifying person”, for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.\n(3) In regulation 105(10A) (notional income), after sub-paragraph (ad) insert—\n“(ae) a Post Office compensation payment;”.\n(4) In regulation 110(10) (income treated as capital)—\n(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (ad) omit “or”;\n(b) after sub-paragraph (ad) insert—\n“(ae) which is a Post Office compensation payment;”.\n(5) In regulation 113(3B) (notional capital), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(d) a Post Office compensation payment;\n(e) a vaccine damage payment.”.\n(6) In Schedule 2 (housing costs), in paragraph 17(8)(b) (non-dependant deductions), for “or Windrush payment” substitute “, Windrush payment or Post Office compensation payment”.\n(7) In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 41—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1A), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(d) Post Office compensation payment.”;\n(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.\n(8) In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 27—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Windrush payment” insert “, Post Office compensation payment or vaccine damage payment”;\n(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/207. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/2117, 2020/618 and 2021/1405."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "[2019] EWHC 606 (QB)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/640/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:44:18.008254+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}