The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995
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SOCIAL SECURITY The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995
1.(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force
(2) Regulations 3 and 4 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant
(3) Regulations 2 and 18 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant
(4) Regulations 5 to 17, 19 and 20 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 13th April 1995 which applies in his case. (5) In these Regulations
2. After regulation 7 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (income related benefits) there shall be inserted the following regulations "Definition of "training for work" 7A. For the purposes of section 129(2A) of the Contributions and Benefits Act[10] (which provides that a period of training for work may count towards the period of qualification for disability working allowance) "training for work" also includes any training received on a course which a person attends for 16 hours or more a week, the primary purpose of which is the teaching of occupational or vocational skills. Days to be disregarded 7B.(1) For the purposes of section 129(2B)(c) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (days to be disregarded in determining a period of training for work) there shall be disregarded any day on which the claimant was
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d)(iv), "relative" means close relative, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.."
3.(1) Regulation 51 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. (2) In paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph
(3) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs
(1B) For the purposes of paragraph (1A)(a), "patient" has the same meaning it has in regulation 10.."
4. In Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance)
5. In regulation 4 of the Income Support Regulations (temporary absence from Great Britain) for head (v) of paragraph (2)(c)[12] there shall be substituted the following head
6.(1) Regulation 8 of the Income Support Regulations (persons not required to be available for employment)[14] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. (2) For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph
(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph
(4) In paragraph (3) for the words "paragraph (2)" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph (2) or (2A)".
7. In regulation 9(3) of the Income Support Regulations (persons treated as available for employment) in the definition of "qualifying benefit" for the words "sickness benefit under the Social Security Act" there shall be substituted the words "short-term incapacity benefit".
8.(1) Regulation 11 of the Income Support Regulations (registration for employment)[16] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. (2) In paragraph (1) for the words "paragraph (2)" there shall be substituted the words "paragraphs (2) and (2A)". (3) For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph
(4) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph
9.(1) Regulation 22 of the Income Support Regulations (reductions in applicable amounts) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. (2) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph
(3) After paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph
(4) In paragraph (6)(d) for the words "paragraph (5)" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph (5) or (5A)".
10. In regulation 31(2) of the Income Support Regulations (date on which income is treated as paid)[18] for the words "sickness or invalidity benefit" there shall be substituted the words "short-term or long-term incapacity benefit", and the words "under the Social Security Act" shall be omitted.
11. In regulation 32(4)(a) of the Income Support Regulations (calculation of weekly amount of income)[18] for the words "sickness or invalidity benefit" there shall be substituted the words "short-term or long-term incapacity benefit", and the words "under the Social Security Act" shall be omitted.
12. In regulation 73(3) of the Income Support Regulations (amount of income support payable for part-weeks)[19] for the words "sickness or invalidity benefit" there shall be substituted the words "short-term or long-term incapacity benefit".
13. In paragraphs (b), (e) and (f) of regulation 75 of the Income Support Regulations (modifications in the calculation of income)[20] for the words "sickness or invalidity benefit" in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words "short-term or long-term incapacity benefit", and the words "under the Social Security Act" in each place where they occur shall be omitted.
14. For paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Income Support Regulations (persons incapable of work) there shall be substituted the following paragraph
15. For paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Income Support Regulations (disabled students)[23] there shall be substituted the following paragraph
16.(1) Paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations (additional condition for the higher pensioner and disability premiums)[24] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation and regulation 17. (2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) and (c)(i) for the words "invalidity pension" in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words "long-term incapacity benefit". (3) After sub-paragraph (5)[25] there shall be added the following sub-paragraph
17. Paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations shall also be amended by
18.(1) Where invalidity pension was payable to the claimant for one or more of the 56 days immediately preceding the date on which the claim for disability working allowance was made or was treated as made, the payments shall be treated for the purposes of section 129(2)(a)(i)[28] of the Contributions and Benefits Act as payments of long-term incapacity benefit. (2) Any day on which a claimant was entitled to invalidity pension under sections 33, 40 or 41 of the Contributions and Benefits Act as in force on 12th April 1995 shall be treated for the purposes of section 129(2A)(b)[29] of the Contributions and Benefits Act as a day on which he was entitled to long-term incapacity benefit.
19.(1) Sickness benefit shall be a qualifying benefit for the purposes of regulation 9(2)(a)(i) of the Income Support Regulations, and for this purpose "sickness benefit" means sickness benefit under section 31 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as in force on 12th April 1995. (2) Where the disability premium was applicable to a claimant on 12th April 1995 by virtue of paragraph 12(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as in force on that date, the disability premium shall continue to be applicable to that claimant for so long as paragraph 12(1)(b)(i) of that Schedule applies to him. (3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a claimant to whom paragraph 12(1)(b)(i) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations has ceased to apply for a period of more than 56 continuous days. (4) Where on 12th April 1995 paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Income Support Regulations (persons incapable of work) as in force on that date applied to a claimant, but the disability premium was not applicable to him, that claimant shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as if, throughout the period that paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 had applied to him, paragraph 12(1)(b)(i) of Schedule 2 applied to him. (5) Where an adjudication officer on or after 13th April 1995, determines that a claimant fails to satisfy the incapacity for work test, in accordance with regulations made under section 171C of the Contributions and Benefits Act[30] (the all work test), on its first application to the claimant concerned, and the claimant, immediately prior to that date, was either
20.(1) Where a person was not required to be available for employment on 12th April 1995 by virtue of regulation 8(2) of the Income Support Regulations as in force on that date, that regulation shall continue to apply in that person's case as if regulation 6 of these Regulations had not been made. (2) Where a claimant was not required to register for employment on 12th April 1995 by virtue of regulation 11(2) of the Income Support Regulations as in force on that date, that regulation shall continue to apply in that claimant's case as if regulation 8 of these Regulations had not been made. (3) Where a claimant appeals against a decision of an adjudication officer that he is not incapable of work, and that decision was made on or before 12th April 1995, regulations 8 and 11 of the Income Support Regulations shall apply in that claimant's case as if these Regulations had not been made. (4) Where the higher pensioner premium was applicable to a claimant on, or at any time during the 8 weeks immediately preceding, 12th April 1995 by virtue of paragraph 12(1)(c)(i) of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as in force on that date, paragraph 12 of that Schedule shall continue to apply in that claimant's case as if regulation 16 of these Regulations had not been made.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
further define training for work and to list days which are to be disregarded in establishing whether a person was engaged in a period of training for work (regulation 2); provide an additional allowance in respect of a disabled child in the maximum disability working allowance (regulations 3 and 4); and make transitional arrangements consequential on the abolition of invalidity pension and the introduction of incapacity benefit (regulation 18).
ISBN 0 11 052536 1 Notes: [1] Subsection (28) is inserted by section 10(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work Act) 1994 (c. 18). back [2] 1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word "prescribed". back [4] Seesection 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). back [5] Seesection 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). back [10] Subsections (2A) and (2B) are inserted by section 10(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). back [11] 1948 c. 29; section 29 was amended by the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c. 30), section 1(2); the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (c. 61), sections 113(1) and 114 and Schedule 4; the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), section 95(2) and Schedule 9 Part I; the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), sections 195(6), 272(1), Schedule 23 paragraph 2 and Schedule 30; the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), section 14(1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 3; the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), section 129 and Schedule 15 paragraph 6; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 30 and Schedule 10 Part I; the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) section 108(5) and Schedule 13 paragraph 11(2); and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 44(7). back [12] Head (v) was added by S.I. 1988/663. back [13] Section 30B is inserted by section 2(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). back [14] Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1991/236. back [15] Sections 171A to 171C are inserted by section 5 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). back [16] Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/236. back [17] Sections 171A to 171C are inserted by section 5 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). back [18] Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445. back [19] Regulations 73 to 77 were added by S.I. 1988/663; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/1445. back [20] Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/1445. back [21] Part XIIA is inserted by sections 5 and 6(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). back [22] Section 171E is inserted by section 6 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994. back [23] Paragraph 7 was substituted by S.I. 1990/1549. back [24] Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 2022, 1991/2742 and 1994/2139. back [25] Sub-paragraph (5) was added by S.I. 1988/2022. back [26] Part XIIA is inserted by sections 5 and 6(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994. back [27] Section 30B is inserted by section 2(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994. back [28] Section 129(2)(a)(i) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), Schedule 1 paragraph 32. back [29] Subsection (2A) is inserted by section 10(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). back [30] Section 171C was inserted in the Contributions and Benefits Act by section 5 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18.). back |
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