# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998, Regulation 8: Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance: Amendments with respect to persons in detention

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the words referred to in each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below there shall be substituted the words “ who is detained in hospital under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 , or, in Scotland, under the provisions of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 , ”.
(2) The words referred to and the provisions specified in this paragraph are—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) in the Income Support Regulations—
(i) in regulation 21(3) (special cases) in the definition of “prisoner", the words from “whose detention is" to the end of the definition;
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations in regulation 85(4) (special cases) in the definition of “prisoner" the words from “whose detention is" to “1984".
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/563/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1998/regulation-8
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