The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) (No.2) Regulations 1998

Capital to be disregarded

5.—(1) At the end of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(1) (capital to be disregarded), there shall be added the following paragraph—

“48.   Any discretionary payment made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 to meet, or help meet, special needs of a person who is undertaking a qualifying course within the meaning specified in regulation 17A(7) but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of that payment.”.

(2) At the end of each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (3)(2) (which relate to capital to be disregarded), there shall be added the following paragraph bearing the respective specified paragraph number—

• “Any discretionary payment made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 to meet, or help meet, special needs of a person who is undertaking a qualifying course within the meaning specified in regulation 17A(7) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of that payment.”.

(3) The respective paragraph number and Schedules for the purposes of paragraph (2) are—

(a) paragraph 54 of Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations;

(b) paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations;

(c) paragraph 53 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations.

(1)

Paragraph 47 was added by S.I. 1998/1174.

(2)

The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/2863 and 1998/1174.