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The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

S.I. 2014/904 · Made 3 April 2014

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Social Security

Made 3rd April 2014

Laid before Parliament 3rd April 2014

Coming into force 20th May 2014

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 70(8) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1, makes the following Regulations.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to itf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c.4. Section 175(1) is amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999 (c.2).

f2

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

(2)

They come into force on 20th May 2014.

2Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976

In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976f1 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed), for “£100”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£102”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Mike Penning

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

3rd April 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/409) (“the principal Regulations”).

Under section 70 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, a person is entitled to a carer’s allowance for any day on which that person is caring for a severely disabled person provided that, among other things, they are not gainfully employed.

Regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations prescribes that a person is only to be treated as gainfully employed on any day in a week if their earnings in the immediately preceding week have exceeded £100. The amendments made by regulation 2 raise that amount to £102.

An impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on business or civil society organisations.