Statutory Instruments
2004 No.2889
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Fines (Deductions from Income Support)(Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
6th November 2004
Laid before Parliament
12th November 2004
Coming into force
18th December 2004
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fines (Deductions from Income Support)(Amendment) Regulations 2004.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 18th December 2004.
(3) Regulation 2(a) extends to England and Wales only.
Amendment of the Fines (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1992
2.The Fines (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1992( 2 ) are amended as follows:
(a) after regulation 2 (application for deductions from income support, state pension credit or jobseeker’s allowance) insert—
“ Information that the court may require
2A. —(1) Where an application is made the court may require the offender to provide his full name, full address, date of birth, national insurance number and the name of any benefits to which he is entitled.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation “benefits” means income support, state pension credit or a jobseeker’s allowance. ” ;
(b) in regulation 4(1) (deductions from offender’s income support, state pension credit or jobseeker’s allowance) after “not less than 25” in the second place where those words occur, insert “or £5, whichever is the greater amount allowed by sub-paragraphs (b) and (c)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Chris Pond
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
6th November 2004
1991 c. 53 . Section 24 was amended by section 96 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) .