# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996


(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement, interpretation and application)—
(a) in paragraph (3) omit the definition of “service user group”;
(b) after regulation (3F) insert—
“(3G) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—
(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or
(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,
in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or
(b) the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.
(3) In regulation 98(2)(h) (earnings of an employed earner), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
(4) In regulation 105(15A) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
(5) In paragraph 11(2B) (the standard rate) of Schedule 2 (housing costs), for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.
(6) In paragraph 2A of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/591/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2014/regulation-4
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