The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Definitions

2.—(1) Paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the Back to Work Bonus Regulations (interpretation) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) After the definition of “applicant” the following definition shall be inserted—

““benefit week” —

(a)

where the benefit is income support, has the meaning it has in the Income Support Regulations by virtue of regulation 2(1) of those Regulations;

(b)

where the benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance, has the meaning it has in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) by virtue of regulation 1(3) of those Regulations;”.

(3) In the definition of “earnings” —

(a) after the word “means” the words “unless the context requires otherwise” shall be inserted;

(b) for the words “are paid” there shall be substituted the words “are payable”;

(c) for sub-paragraph (b), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b) where the qualifying benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance, are net earnings or net profit within the meaning of regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(2) or are treated as earnings in accordance with regulation 105(12) or (13) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;”;

(d) after sub-paragraph (b) the following words shall be inserted—

“and for this purpose an amount is payable on the date it is treated as paid for the purpose of regulation 31 of the Income Support Regulations where the qualifying benefit is income support, and for the purpose of regulation 96 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 where the qualifying benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance;”.

(4) After the definition of “period of entitlement to a qualifying benefit” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““polygamous marriage” means any marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is married to more than one person and the ceremony of marriage took place under the law of a country which permits polygamy;”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207.