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The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations 2002

S.I. 2002/1333 · Made 14 May 2002

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SOCIAL SECURITY

TAXES

Made 14th May 2002

Laid before Parliament 14th May 2002

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 128(5), 129(8), 136(3) and (5)(a) and (b), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1, and section 2(1)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(c), (d) and (g) and 20(a) of Schedule 2 to, the Tax Credits Act 1999f2, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 4. Sections 128(5) and 129(8) were amended by paragraph 2(g) and (h) of Schedule 1 to the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10). Section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning it ascribes to the word “prescribed”.

f2

1999 c. 10.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and effect
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Student income
  4. 4Student income
  5. 5Determination of appropriate maximum amount of tax credit
  6. 6Determination of appropriate maximum amount of tax credit
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and effect

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—

(a)

for the purposes of regulations 3 and 4, on 6th August 2002,

(b)

for the purposes of regulations 5 and 6, on 4th June 2002.

(2)

Regulations 3 and 4 have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 6th August 2002.

(3)

Regulations 5 and 6 have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 4th June 2002.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations—

  • “award periods” means award periods of disabled person’s tax credit or, as the case may be, working families' tax credit;

  • “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991f1;

  • “the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987f2.

3Student income

(1)

In each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) for “£260” substitute “£265”.

(2)

The provisions are—

(a)

regulations 38(2A)(a) and 42A(5)(a) of the Family Credit Regulationsf1;

(b)

regulations 42(2A)(a) and 47(5)(a) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulationsf2.

4Student income

(1)

In each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) for “£319” substitute “£327”.

(2)

The provisions are—

(a)

regulations 38(2A)(b) and 42A(5)(b) of the Family Credit Regulations;

(b)

regulations 42(2A)(b) and 47(5)(b) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations.

5Determination of appropriate maximum amount of tax credit

(1)

Amend regulation 46 of the Family Credit Regulations (“regulation 46”) and regulation 51 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“regulation 51”) as follows.

(2)

For paragraph (1D) of regulation 46 and paragraph (1C) of regulation 51f1 substitute the following paragraph—

  • “This paragraph applies to either of the following persons—

    1. (a)

      a person in respect of whom the care component of disability living allowance is, or would but for either a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations under section 113(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of that Act, and

    2. (b)

      a person in respect of whom attendance allowance is, or would but for either a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations under section 113(2) of that Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the higher rate referred to in section 65(3) of that Act.”.

6Determination of appropriate maximum amount of tax credit

(1)

In the Table in Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulationsf1 in column (2) at paragraph 1 for “£60” substitute “£62.50”.

(2)

In the Table in Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulationsf2 in column (2) at paragraph 2 for “£92.80” substitute “£95.30”.

Signature

Anne McGuire

Tony McNulty

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

14th May 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887).

Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and effect and regulation 2 for interpretation.

Regulations 3 and 4 amend, with effect from 6th August 2002, amounts to be disregarded in calculating a student’s income for the purposes of determining his entitlement to working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit.

Regulation 5 enables persons receiving the higher rate of attendance allowance to receive, with effect from 4th June 2002, the enhanced disability credit introduced in April 2001 by S.I. 2001/367.

Regulation 6 amends, with effect from 4th June 2002, the adult credit figures for working families' tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit.