The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 9, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Article 3(7)

SCHEDULE 6 AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME SUPPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1987

1.  In regulation 22A(1) (reduction in applicable amount where claimant is appealing against a decision that he is not incapable of work)—

(a) in paragraphs (1) and (3) and in the heading, after the words “against a decision” there shall be inserted the words “which embodies a determination”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), for the word “decision” in the second place in which it occurs there shall be substituted the word “determination”.

2.  In regulations 71(1)(d) (applicable amounts in urgent cases) and 76(a)(d) (reductions), after the words “against a decision” in each place in which it occurs there shall be inserted the words “which embodies a determination”.

3.  In Schedule 1B(d) (prescribed categories of person)—

(a) in paragraphs 24 and 25, after the words “against the” there shall be inserted the words “decision which embodies a”;

(b) in paragraphs 26 and 27, after the word “decisions” there shall be inserted the words “which embody a determination”; and

(c) in the heading to paragraphs 24 to 28, after the word “decision” there shall be inserted the words “which embodies a determination”.

(1)

Regulation 22A and Schedule 1B were inserted by and regulations 71(1) and 76(a) were amended in the relevant respects by S.I. 1996/206.