# The Supplementary Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1980, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Supplementary Benefit (Single Payments) Regulations 1980


(1) This regulation shall amend the Supplementary Benefit (Single Payments) Regulations 1980.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “close relative”, before the word “parent” there shall be inserted the words “partner, spouse,”;
(b) in the definition of “dependant”, for the word “meant” there shall be substituted the word “means”.
(3) In regulation 3(3) (meaning of a single payment and amount payable), in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “that amount” there shall be substituted the words “the payment”, and there shall be added at the end the words “or where that payment is in respect of costs of services provided, the amount of such costs to the extent that they are reasonable”.
(4) In regulation 6 (circumstances in which and items for which single payments shall not be made)—
(a) in paragraph (1), after the words “in these regulations” there shall be inserted the words “, in particular regulation 30 (discretionary payments),”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (f), after the words “purchase and” there shall be inserted the words “(except in so far as payments may be made for travelling expenses)”,
(ii) for sub-paragraph (m) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:—
“(m) any repair to property of any body mentioned in section 28(4) of the Housing Act 1980 or section 10(2) of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 (public sector housing bodies).”.
(5) In regulation 9 (essential furniture and household equipment)—
(a) in paragraph (3)(b) (circumstances of payment), for head (iii) there shall be substituted the following:—
“(iii) the claimant is a person who entered the home without the permission of the owner but to whom permission to occupy the home has been granted as a temporary expedient, and the item is a bed.”;
(b) in paragraph (4) (items of furniture and equipment), there shall be added at the end the following sub-paragraph:—
“(n) an iron.”.
(6) In regulation 10(2) (installation of household items), in sub-paragraph (b), for the word “or” there shall be substituted the word “on”.
(7) In regulation 13(1) (circumstances in which removal expenses met)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “the home or” there shall be substituted the words “the home,”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (d), after the word “improved” there shall be added the words “or without a change of home he would be unable to take up employment which has been offered to him”.
(8) In regulation 14 (deposits on taking up tenancy of a home), in paragraph (2), the word “furnished” shall be omitted.
(9) In regulation 22(1) (circumstances in which travelling expenses met)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b)(iii), after the word “claimant” there shall be inserted the words “or partner”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (i)—
(i) in head (i), after the word “new” there shall be inserted the words “or resuming”,
(ii) in head (ii), for the word “to” there shall be substituted the words “between his accommodation and”.
(10) In regulation 23(3) (amount payable for expenses on starting work), for the reference to “paragraph (2)(c)” there shall be substituted a reference to “paragraph (2)(e)”
(11) In regulation 24(1) (debts accrued during absence abroad), in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from the beginning to the words “so entitled” there shall be substituted the words “his entitlement to a pension or allowance continued during, or during part of, that absence by virtue of regulation 3 of the Supplementary Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Regulations 1980 (persons abroad whose entitlement is to continue) and he is again entitled to that pension or allowance”.
(12) In regulation 25 (voluntary repatriation expenses)—
(a) in paragraph (2), sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (e), there shall be added at the end the words “, but only to the extent that the aggregate of such costs and amounts is in excess of the amount by which any capital resources of the claimant which fall to be disregarded under the Resources Regulations exceeds £50”;
(c) in paragraph (5), for the words beginning “the aggregate” to the end there shall be substituted the words “any capital resources of the claimant which fall to be disregarded under the Resources Regulations exceed £50”;
(d) in paragraph (7), after the word “baggage” there shall be inserted the word “allowance”.
(13) In regulation 27 (clothing and footwear)—
(a) in paragraph (1) (circumstances in which payment for clothing and footwear made), in sub-paragraph (b), after the words “as a patient” there shall be inserted the words “or to a re-establishment course as a resident”;
(b) in paragraph (2) (amounts payable)—
(i) for the words “not exceed” there shall be substituted the word “be”,
(ii) after the reference to “Schedule 2,” there shall be inserted the words “the amount for an item in Part IV or V of that Schedule being, subject to paragraph (3), the higher or lower of the amounts specified or an intermediate amount depending on the child's size,”.
(14) In regulation 29 (prisoners on leave), in paragraph (2) (amount payable)—
(a) after the words “paragraph (1) applies shall” there shall be inserted the words “in respect of each complete day spent by the prisoner in the claimant's home”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words beginning “paragraph 4” to the end, there shall be substituted the words “the amount applicable for normal requirements in respect of the claimant (but not any dependant)”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (b), the words beginning “, in respect of” to the end shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1649/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supplementary-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1980/regulation-4
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