Supplementary Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Amendment Regulations 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/358 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No. 358
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Supplementary Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Amendment Regulations 1987
Made 5th March 1987
Laid before Parliament 16th March 1987
Coming into force 6th April 1987
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5, 6(2) and (3) and 34(1)1of the Supplementary Benefits Act 19762and sections 166(2) and (3) of the Social Security Act 19753and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee of the proposals as to these regulations other than proposals as to regulations 3 and 5 which the Committee agreed should not be referred to it4, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Supplementary Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 6th April 1987.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations”means the Supplementary Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Regulations 19815
Amendment of regulation 2 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations
2. In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of“person affected by a trade dispute”there shall be inserted the following definition—
““relevant enactment”has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the Supplementary Benefit (Single Payments) Regulations 19816;”;
(b) after the definition of“training allowance”there shall be added the following definition—
““voluntary organisation”means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit, but does not include any public or local authority.”
Amendment of regulation 4 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations
3. For paragraph (c) of regulation 4 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations (meaning of employment for the purposes of section 5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(c)
“(c) for which he would normally be engaged—
(i) for not less than 30 hours a week; or
(ii) if he is mentally or physically disabled, for such lesser number of hours as, having regard to his disability, he is usually capable of working; or
(iii) in either case, if he is normally engaged for less than the number of hours prescribed in the preceding sub-paragraphs, such employment provided that he is available to be employed for such further number of hours which would in aggregate with the number of hours for which he is normally engaged be not less than the number of hours so prescribed for his case.”.
Amendment of regulation 6 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations
4. In regulation 6 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations (persons not subject to condition of registration and availability for employment)—
(a) in paragraph (jj)(ii) after the words“(a) to (d)”there shall be inserted the words“or (f)”; and
(b) in paragraph (s)(ii) for all the words after“(c)”there shall be substituted the words“(d) or (f) (person receiving relevant education who is a parent, or is severely handicapped, or has no, or is estranged from, his parents or guardian, or is living away from his parents or guardian who are unable financially to support him);”.
Amendment of regulation 7 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations
5. In paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations (circumstances in which persons are to be treated as available for employment) for the words“Subject to”there shall be substituted the words“Subject to regulations 4 and”.
Amendment of regulation 8 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations
6. In paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 8 of the Conditions of Entitlement Regulations (circumstances in which persons are not to be treated as available for employment) for the words“and regulation 6(a), (i) or (j) does not apply to him”there shall...
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