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Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 19th April 1996.(2) In these Regulations—
  • under a court order;
  • under a maintenance
  • under an agreement for maintenance; or
  • voluntarily,
  • under a court order;
  • under an agreement for maintenance; or
  • voluntarily;
  • any income which is taken into account under Part V of the Income Support Regulations for the purposes of calculating the amount of income support to which the claimant is entitled; or
  • any income which is taken into account under Part VIII of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations for the purposes of calculating the amount of jobseeker’s allowance to which the claimant is entitled
  • any income which is taken into account under Part 10 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations for the purposes of calculating the amount of employment and support allowance to which the claimant is entitled.
  • is referred to as a “young person" in the Income Support Regulations by virtue of regulation 14 of those Regulations
  • is referred to as a “young person" in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations by virtue of regulation 76 of those Regulations
  • is referred to as a “young person” in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations by virtue of regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
  • A person shall be treated as responsible for another for the purposes of section 74A of the Act if he is treated as responsible for that other person under either regulation 15 of the Income Support Regulations
  • Persons shall be treated as members of the same household for the purposes of section 74A of the Act if they are treated as members of the same household under
    • (1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.(2) In regulation 55 (treatment of liable relative payments) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation 55A and".(3) After regulation 55 there shall be inserted the following regulation—
      (55A) Disregard of payments treated as not relevant incomeWhere the Secretary of State treats any payment as not being relevant income for the purposes of section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State) , that payment shall be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s income.
    .    Where the Secretary of State treats any payment as not being relevant income for the purposes of section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State) , that payment shall be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s income.(4) In regulation 60B (treatment of child support maintenance) (5) After regulation 60D there shall be inserted the following regulation—
      (60E) Disregard of payments treated as not relevant incomeWhere the Secretary of State treats any payment of child support maintenance as not being relevant income for the purposes of section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State) , that payment shall be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s income.
    .    Where the Secretary of State treats any payment of child support maintenance as not being relevant income for the purposes of section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State) , that payment shall be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s income.

    1996 No. 940

    SOCIAL SECURITY

    The Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996

    Made 27th March 1996

    Laid before Parliament 1st April 1996

    Coming into force 19th April 1996

    The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 74A(5) and (6), 189(1) and (3) to (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 19921, sections 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that section3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

    S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

    Citation, commencement and interpretation

    1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 19th April 1996.

    (2) In these Regulations—

    “the Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

    “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 19874;

    “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19965.

    S-2 Interpretation for the purposes of section 74A of the Act

    Interpretation for the purposes of section 74A of the Act

    2. In section 74A of the Act (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State)—

    (a) “child maintenance”...

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