# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1998, Regulation 4: Income to be disregarded


In Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (income to be disregarded)—
(a) for paragraph 60, there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“
60 Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in an employment programme specified in—
(a) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) (self-employment route of the Employment Option of the New Deal);
(b) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(bb) (Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal); or
(c) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(cc) (Environment Task Force Option of the New Deal).”;
(b) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—
“
62 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in the case of a person who is receiving, or who has received, assistance under an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) (self-employment route of the Employment Option of the New Deal), any payment to that person—
(a) to meet expenses wholly and necessarily incurred whilst carrying on the commercial activity;
(b) which is used or intended to be used to maintain repayments on a loan taken out by that person for the purpose of establishing or carrying on the commercial activity,
in respect of which such assistance is or was received.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall apply only in respect of payments which are paid to that person from the special account as defined for the purposes of Chapter IVA of Part VIII.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1174/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-1998/regulation-4
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