Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2402

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made

19th September 2002

Laid before Parliament

27th September 2002

Coming into force in accordance with regulations 1 (2) to (6)

^M1^,^M2^,^M3^,^M4^,^M5^,^M6 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 135(1), 136(3), (4) and (5)(a) and (b), 137(1) and (2)(m) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(2), (3) and (4)(b), 35(1), 36(2) and (4) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned by this Instrument, which contains only regulations which are consequential upon sections 1(1) and (3)(d) and 60 of, and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions of that Act , hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

(2) This regulation, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for income support from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” and “claimant” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.

(3) This regulation, regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

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(7) In these Regulations—

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^M7^,^M8 “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ; and
^M9 “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

2. The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations.

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

3. The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations.

Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations

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Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

N. Brown

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1 Amendments to the Income Support Regulations

^M10 1. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) —

(a) after the definition of “board and lodging accommodation” there shall be inserted—

“ “child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002; ” ;

(b) after the definition of “welfare to work beneficiary” there shall be inserted—

“ “working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002; ” ;

^M11 2. In regulation 14 (persons of a prescribed description) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“ (3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as it applies to income support (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A ^M12 of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act. ” .

^M13 3. In regulation 15(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) at the end there shall be added “ and this includes a child or young person to whom paragraph (3) of regulation 14 applies. ” .

^M14 4. In regulation 31 (date on which income is treated as paid) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

“ (3) Where an award of working tax credit or child tax credit does not commence on the first day of a benefit week, it shall be treated as paid on the first day of the benefit week that follows the date of the award. ” .

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Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

^M15 1. In regulation 1(3) (interpretation) —

(a) after the definition of “board and lodging accommodation” there shall be inserted—

“ “child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002; ” ;

(b) after the definition of “welfare to work beneficiary” there shall be inserted—

“ “working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002; ”

and

^M16 2. In regulation 76 (persons of a prescribed description) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“ (3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of the definition of “family” in section 35(1) of the Act includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 145A of the Benefits Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 145A(1) of that Act. ” .

3. In regulation 77(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) at the end there shall be added “ and this includes a child or young person to whom paragraph (3) of regulation 76 applies. ” .

^M17 4. For regulation 96(3) (date on which income is treated as paid) there shall be substituted—

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Regulation 4

^F8 SCHEDULE 3 Amendments to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations

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Regulation 5

^F9 SCHEDULE 4 Amendments to the Housing Benefit Regulations