{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-welfare-to-work-regulations-1998/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-welfare-to-work-regulations-1998/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2231",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Welfare to Work) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-welfare-to-work-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987",
  "text": "(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) the following definition shall be inserted in the appropriate place–\n““welfare to work beneficiary\" means a person–\n(a)to whom regulation 13A(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 applies; and\n(b)who again becomes incapable of work for the purposes of Part XIIA of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;”.\n(3) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)–\n(a) in paragraph 10 (higher pensioner premium) the following sub-paragraph shall be added–\n“(4) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary, references in sub-paragraphs (1)(b)(ii), (2)(b)(ii) and (3)(b) to a period of 8 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.”;\n(b) in paragraph 12 (additional condition for higher pensioner and disability premiums) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–\n“(1A) In the case of a claimant who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a period of 56 days shall be treated as a reference to a period of 52 weeks.”.\n(4) In Schedule 3 (housing costs)–\n(a) in paragraph 7 (transitional protection) the following sub-paragraph shall be added–\n“(10) In the case of a person who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the references in sub-paragraphs (5)(c) and (7) to a period of 12 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.”;\n(b) in paragraph 14 (linking rule) the following sub-paragraph shall be added–\n“(10) In the case of a person who is a welfare to work beneficiary, the references in sub-paragraphs (1)(a)(ii), (1)(d) and (1)(f)(iii) to a period of 12 weeks shall be treated as references to a period of 52 weeks.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1992/468, 1993/315, 1995/482, 2303 and 2927 and 1996/1944."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Part XIIA was inserted by sections 5 and 6 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2231/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:52.950883+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}