Amendment of regulation 1 of the Fines Regulations

10.  In regulation 1(2) of the Fines Regulations—

(a)in the definition of “benefit week” there are added at the end the words “or, as the case may be, regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1);”;

(b)after the definition of “5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” there is inserted the following definition—

“income support” means income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2), but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as income support;;

(c)after the definition of “Income Support Regulations” there are inserted the following definitions—

“Jobseekers Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995(3);

“jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of that Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance;;

(d)in the definition of “personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” there are added at the end the words “or, as the case may be, the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;”;

(e)in the definition of “social security office”, for the words “Department of Employment” there are substituted the words “Department for Education and Employment”, and for the words “unemployment benefit” there are substituted the words “jobseeker’s allowance and income support”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.