The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

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

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “service user group”;

(b) after paragraph (1A) insert—

“(1B) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—

(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or

(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,

in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or

(b) the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.

(3) In regulation 35(2)(f) (earnings of an employed earner), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(4) In regulation 42(8ZA) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(5) In paragraph 14(2) (disabled child premium)(2) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts), for “or (b)” substitute “, (b), (d) or (e)”.

(6) In paragraph 12(2B) (the standard rate) of Schedule 3 (housing costs), for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.

(7) In paragraph 2A of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1323, 1992/1198, 1997/454, 1999/1509, 2004/963 and 2009/2655.

(2)

Paragraph 14 is revoked by S.I. 2003/455 but remains in force for certain claimants by virtue of regulation 1(4C) of S.I. 2003/455. In so far as it remains in force, it was substituted by S.I. 2007/719.