The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998

Capital to be disregarded

17.—(1) Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to capital to be disregarded), shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules, there were added the following paragraphs bearing the respective specified paragraph numbers–

• “Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.

• Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.

(2) The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are–

(a) paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations(1);

(b) paragraphs 55 and 56 of Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations(2);

(c) paragraphs 56 and 57 of Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations(3);

(d) paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations(4);

(e) paragraphs 54 and 55 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations(5);

(f) paragraphs 49 and 50 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(6).

(1)

Paragraph 56 was added by S.I. 1998/2164.

(2)

Paragraph 54 was added by S.I. 1998/2117.

(3)

Paragraph 55 was added by S.I. 1998/2117.

(4)

Paragraph 56 was added by S.I. 1998/2164.

(5)

Paragraph 53 was added by S.I. 1998/2117.

(6)

Paragraph 48 was added by S.I. 1998/2117.