The Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Made13th December 1999

Laid before Parliament17th December 1999

Coming into force7th January 2000

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), 136(5)(a), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921 and sections 12(4)(a), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 19952 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 7th January 2000.

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 19872

In regulation 42 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 19874 (notional income)—

a

in paragraph (3), for the words “or (3B)” there shall be substituted the words “, (3B) or (3C)”;

b

after paragraph (3B), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

3C
This paragraph applies to any earnings which are due to an employed earner on the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy but which have not been paid to him.

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19963

After sub-paragraph (c) in regulation 105(7) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19965 (notional income) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

d
any earnings which are due to an employed earner on the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy but which have not been paid to him.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Angela EagleParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Social Security13th December 1999

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1967) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I.1996/207).

In particular, regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations provide that earnings of an employed earner which are due but not paid on the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy, shall not be treated as possessed by the claimant for the purpose of ascertaining entitlement respectively to income support or to a jobseeker’s allowance.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.