Income Support
(Transitional Provisions) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Order 2011
Made 19th April 2011
Coming into force 1st
July 2011
THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 18 and 19
of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order, “principal Order” means the Income
Support (Transitional Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[2].
2 Article 6
substituted
For Article 6 of the principal Order there shall be substituted
the following Article –
“6 Reduction
and phasing out of top-up sum
(1) This paragraph applies where a member of a
household was eligible for attendance allowance in respect of a child
immediately before the appointed day and had claimed that allowance.
(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the amount
of a top-up sum to which a household is entitled each week during a period
specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule is the percentage of
that TUS specified in column 2 in the same row of the table.
(3) This paragraph applies where –
(a) paragraph (1) does not apply; and
(b) a member of a household was eligible for
attendance allowance in respect of an adult member of the household, disabled
adult’s allowance or disabled child’s allowance immediately before
the appointed day and had claimed any such allowance.
(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, the amount
of a top-up sum to which a household is entitled each week during a period
specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule is the percentage of
that TUS specified in column 3 in the same row of the table.
(5) This paragraph applies where –
(a) neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (3)
applies; and
(b) the calculated income of a household on the
appointed day is more than 3 times the total amount payable in respect of
all the components of income support to which the household is entitled under Article 5
of the Law.
(6) Where paragraph (5) applies no top-up
sum is payable.
(7) This paragraph applies where –
(a) none of paragraphs (1), (3) and (5)
applies; and
(b) TUS > (CIH + ADIS) x 25%
where –
CIH is the calculated income
of the household on the appointed day.
(8) Where paragraph (7) applies, the amount
of a top-up sum to which a household is entitled each week during a period
specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule is the percentage of
that TUS specified in column 4 in the same row of the table.
(9) This paragraph applies where –
(a) none of paragraphs (1), (3), (5) and (7)
applies; and
(b) a member of a household –
(i) is
aged 65 or over on the appointed day, or
(ii) was
eligible for disability transport allowance immediately before the appointed
day and had claimed that allowance.
(10) Where paragraph (9) applies, the amount of a
top-up sum to which a household is entitled each week during a period specified
in column 1 of the table in the Schedule, is the percentage of that TUS
specified in column 5 in the same row of the table.
(11) This paragraph applies where none of paragraphs (1),
(3), (5), (7) and (9) applies.
(12) Where paragraph (11) applies, the amount of a
top-up sum to which a household is entitled each week during a period specified
in column 1 of the table in the Schedule is the percentage of that TUS
specified in column 6 in the same row of the table.”.
3 Article 7A
substituted
For Article 7A of the principal Order there shall be
substituted the following Article –
“7A Phasing
out of protected payments
No protected payment is
payable after –
(a) in the case of a household to which Article 6(1)
applies, 30th June 2016;
(b) in the case of a household to which Article 6(3)
applies, 30th June 2015;
(c) in the case of a household to which Article 6(7)
applies, 30th June 2014;
(d) in the case of a household to which Article 6(9)
applies, 30th June 2013; and
(e) in the case of a household to which Article 6(11)
applies, 30th June 2012.”.
4 Schedule
substituted
For the Schedule to the principal Order there shall be substituted
the following Schedule –
“SCHEDULE
(Article 6)
REDUCING PERCENTAGES OF
TOP-UP SUM
|
1
Period
|
2
Percentage
payable under Article 6(2)
|
3
Percentage
payable under Article 6(4)
|
4
Percentage
payable under Article 6(8)
|
5
Percentage
payable under Article 6(10)
|
6
Percentage
payable under Article 6(12)
|
|
From
1st July 2011 to 30th June 2012
|
100
|
80
|
60
|
50
|
33
|
|
From
1st July 2012 to 30th June 2013
|
80
|
60
|
40
|
25
|
0
|
|
From
1st July 2013 to 30th June 2014
|
60
|
40
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
|
From
1st July 2014 to 30th June 2015
|
40
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
From
1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 ”.
|
5 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Income Support (Transitional
Provisions) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Order 2011 and shall come into
force on 1st July 2011.
deputy i.j. gorst of st. clement
Minister for Social Security