# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998, Regulation 15: Income Support: Disregard of income other than earnings


(1) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 9 to the Income Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “, 9 or 9A" there shall be substituted the words “ zor 9 ”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) at the end there shall be added the words “or jobseeker’s allowance".
(2) For head (b) of paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) as it has effect in England and Wales and as it has effect in Scotland the following heads shall be substituted—
“(b) which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 34(6) or, as the case may be, section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (contributions towards the cost of the accommodation and maintenance of a child);
(c) which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order);
(d) which is a payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, in pursuance of Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, that Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/563/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1998/regulation-15
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