Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 13) (Jersey) Order 2014

Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 13) (Jersey) Order 2014

Made                                                                        28th March 2014

Coming into force                                                          7th April 2014

THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 7 and 18 of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], orders as follows –

1        Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008 amended

In the Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[2] –

(a)     in paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the words “(only required if value in excess of £10,000)” shall be deleted;

(b)     in Schedule 2 –

(i)      in paragraph 2, after sub-paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –

“(1B) Where, upon the death of an adult (the ‘deceased’), a household ceases to be a household containing 2 or more adults and becomes a household containing a sole adult, whichever of sub-paragraph (1)(c), (d) or (f) applied to the household immediately before the deceased’s death shall continue to apply to the household, for the period of 12 months following the deceased’s death.”,

(ii)      for paragraph 2(2)(e) there shall be substituted the following clause –

“(e)    the value of such motor vehicles as are appropriate to the needs of the household;”,

(iii)     in paragraph 5, in sub-paragraphs (a) and (h), for the amount “20%” there shall be substituted the amount “23%”.

2        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 13) (Jersey) Order 2014 and shall come into force on the 7th April 2014.

senator f. du h. le gresley

Minister for Social Security

 

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 26.550

[2]                                    chapter 26.550.20


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