The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2009/2655

2009 No. 2655

Social Security

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009

Made 2nd October 2009

Laid before Parliament 5th October 2009

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 124(1)(d) and (e), 136(3), (4) and (5), 136A(3), 137(1) and (2)(f) and (h), and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921,

sections 5(1)(b), 12(2)(a) and 189(1), (4) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 19922,

sections 3(1)(f)(iii), 3A(1)(e)(ii), 4(5), 12(1), (2), (4)(a) and (b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 19953,

sections 5, 15(3) and (6)(a) and (b), 17(1) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 20024, and

sections 4(2)(a), 12(1), (2)(h) and (7), 17(1), (2) and (3)(a) and (b), 18(4), 24(1), and 25(5)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 20075.

The Social Security Advisory Committee have agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it6.

In respect of the provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, the Secretary of State has consulted the organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned7.

S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.4) Regulations 2009 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (6), come into force on 26th October 2009.

(2) The following provisions come into force, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 26th October 2009—

(a)

(a) regulation 2(2), (7), (9), (16) and (17)(a) to (c),

(b)

(b) regulation 4(2), (6), (8), (14) and (15)(a) to (d),

(c)

(c) regulation 5, and

(d)

(d) regulation 11(2), (6), (8) to (10), (18) and (19)(a) to (c).

(3) The following provisions come into force on 2nd November 2009—

(a)

(a) regulation 6(2) to (6)(c),

(b)

(b) regulation 7,

(c)

(c) regulation 8(2) to (6)(c), and

(d)

(d) regulation 9.

(4) Regulation 6(6)(d) comes into force—

(a)

(a) in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple of whole weeks, on 5th April 2010, and

(b)

(b) in any other case on 1st April 2010.

(5) Regulation 8(6)(d) comes into force on 1st April 2010.

(6) The following provisions come into force, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2010—

(a)

(a) regulation 2(5), (6), (10) to (12), (15)(b) and (17)(d),

(b)

(b) regulation 4(4), (5), (9) to (11), (13) and (15)(e), and

(c)

(c) regulation 11(4), (5), (11) to (13), (17)(b) and (19)(d).

(7) In this regulation “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(a)

(a) regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 19878, so far as it relates to regulation 2(5) to (7), (9) to (12), (15)(b), (16) and (17);

(b)

(b) regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19969, so far as it relates to regulation 4(4) to (6), (8) to (11) and (13) to (15);

(c)

(c) regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 200210, so far as it relates to regulation 5;

(d)

(d) regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 200811, so far as it relates to regulation 11(2)(b), (4) to (6), (8) to (13), (16)(b), (17) and (18).

S-2 Amendments to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

Amendments to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) at the appropriate places insert the following—

““enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;”;

““public authority” includes any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature;”;

““service user group” means a group of individuals that is consulted by or on behalf of—

(a) a Health Board, Special Health Board or the Agency in consequence of a function under section 2B of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 197812,

(b) a landlord authority in consequence of a function under section 105 of the Housing Act 198513,

(c) a public authority in consequence of a function under section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 199514,

(d) a best value authority in consequence of a function under section 3 of the Local Government Act 199915,

(e) a local authority landlord or registered social landlord in consequence of a function under section 53 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 200116,

(f) a relevant English body or a relevant Welsh body in consequence of a function under section 242 of the National Health Service Act 200617,

(g) a Local Health Board in consequence of a function under section 183 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 200618,

(h) the Commission or the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator in consequence of a function under sections 4, 5, or 108 of the Health and Social Care Act 200819,

(i) the regulator or a registered provider in consequence of a function under sections 98, 193 or 196 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 200820, or

(j) a public or local authority in Great Britain in consequence of a function conferred under any other enactment,

for the purposes of monitoring and advising on a policy of that body or authority which affects or may affect persons in the group, or of monitoring or advising on services provided by that body or authority which are used (or may potentially be used) by those persons;”.

(3) In regulation 4ZA(3)21(prescribed categories of person) omit sub-paragraph (d) and the preceding “or”.

(4) In regulation 13 (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support) omit paragraph (3)(b)(ii)22.

(5) In the headings to regulations 2523(child maintenance or liable relative payments), 5524(treatment of child maintenance or liable relative payments), 5825(calculation of the weekly amount of a child maintenance or liable relative payment) and 5926(date on which a child maintenance or liable relative payment is to be treated as paid) omit “child maintenance or”.

(6) In regulation 2527and the heading to Chapter VII28of Part V (child maintenance and liable relative payments) omit “child maintenance and”.

(7) After regulation 35(2)(e) (earnings of employed earners) add—

“(f)

“(f) any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.

(8) In regulation 40(1)29(calculation of income other than earnings) after “earnings)” insert “and regulation 31(3) and (4) (date on which income is treated as paid)”.

(9) In regulation 42 (notional income)—

(a)

(a) after paragraph (2)(g)30insert—

“(ga)

“(ga) any sum to which paragraph (8ZA) applies;”;

(b)

(b) after paragraph (8) add—

S-8ZA

“8ZA 8ZA) Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall not apply in respect of any amount of income other than earnings, or earnings derived from employment as an employed earner, arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.

(10) In regulation 54 (interpretation)—

(a)

(a) omit the definition of “child maintenance”31;

(b)

(b) in the definition of “payment”32

(i) in paragraph (e)(i) for “family” substitute “partner or is made or derived from a person falling within sub-paragraph (d) of the definition of liable relative”;

(ii) after paragraph (h) add—

“(i)

“(i) to which paragraph 73 of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) applies.”;

(c)

(c) in paragraph (c) of the definition of “periodical payment”33omit “, after the appropriate disregard under paragraph 73 of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) has been applied to it,”.

(11) In regulation 5534(treatment of child maintenance or liable relative payments) omit “and paragraph 73 of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)”.

(12) In regulation 5735(period over which payments other than periodical payments are to be taken into account)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (3) omit sub-paragraph (b) and the preceding “and”;

(b)

(b) in paragraph (10) omit “and, where applicable, the maximum disregard under paragraph 73 of Schedule 9”.

(13) In regulation 61(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “access funds”36

(a)

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “7” substitute “68”;

(b)

(b) omit “and described as “learner support funds” or grants made under section 68 of that Act”.

(14) In Schedule 1B37(prescribed categories of person)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph 2, for “Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968” substitute “Children (Scotland) Act 199538”;

(b)

(b) after paragraph 2 insert—

S-2A

Single persons looking after children placed with them prior to adoption

2A. A single claimant or a lone parent with whom a child is placed for adoption by an adoption agency within the meaning of the Adoption and Children Act 200239or the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 200740.”;

(c)

(c) in paragraph 15A41

(i) for the heading substitute—

Persons under 21 with no parents, or living away from their parents, undertaking full-time, non-advanced education”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

S-1

“1 A person who satisfies the following conditions.”.

(15) In Schedule 342(housing costs)—

(a)

(a) after paragraph 3(13)(b) insert—

“(ba)

“(ba) “period of study” has the meaning given in regulation 61(1) (interpretation);”;

(b)

(b) in paragraph 14(2)43for “has ceased” substitute “ceases on or before 11th April 2010”.

(16) In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(b)44, for “regulation 35(1)(e)” substitute “sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b)(ii)”;

(b)

(b) for paragraph 1(2)(a) substitute—

“(a)

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