Income Support
(Amendment No. 15) (Jersey)
Regulations 2017
Made 7th June 2017
Coming into force 1st
July 2017
THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 5 and 18 of the Income Support (Jersey)
Law 2007[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations
“principal Regulations” means the Income Support (Jersey)
Regulations 2007[2].
2 Schedule 1 amended
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, in paragraph 6 –
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) –
(i) in clause (b) the word “or” shall be
deleted,
(ii) at the end of clause (c) for the full-stop there shall
be substituted the word “; or”,
(iii) after clause (c) there shall be inserted the following
clause –
“(d) an adult aged 18 or over
who is assessed by an approved registered person as having personal care needs
that are permanent and requiring an approved care package, and –
(i) is not receiving any personal care element under clause (a),
(b) or (c), and
(ii) does not meet the
condition under Article 3(2)(a) of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012[3] and is not receiving any
benefit under that Law.”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “The rate of
personal care element” there shall be substituted the words “Except
in the case of an adult referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d), the rate of
personal care element”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the
following sub-paragraphs –
“(4) The rate of personal care
element in respect of a member of a household referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d)
shall be whichever amount is the lower of –
(a) the net weekly cost of an approved care
package for that member having taken account and deducted the amount of any funding
or subsidy provided by the Minister for Health and Social Services with respect
to the cost of the approved care package; and
(b) the weekly rate set at the lowest level of
standard care provided under Article 8 of the Long-Term Care (Benefits)
(Jersey) Order 2014[4].
‘approved care
package’ means a care package, approved by an approved registered person,
for providing personal care for a person assessed by the approved registered
person as having personal care needs that are permanent, such personal care
being provided in the person’s home or other premises not being an
approved care home;
‘approved
registered person’ has the meaning given by Article 1(1) of the
Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[5];
‘permanent’
means continuing or likely to continue for the rest of a person’s life;
‘personal
care’ means assistance with every day activities (such as bathing,
dressing, grooming and eating) given to a person with a physical, sensory,
mental or cognitive impairment which makes that person unable to care for
himself or herself.”.
3 Schedule 2 amended
In Schedule 2 to the
principal Regulations –
(a) in the table in Part 1,
for the statement numbered 9 and entries in respect of that statement there
shall be substituted the following statement and entries –
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“9 Vision, including visual acuity
and visual fields, in normal daylight or bright electric light
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a) has no light
perception
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15
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3 years
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None
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b) cannot see well enough
to read 16 point print at a distance of at least 20 cm
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15
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3 years
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None
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c) has 50% or greater reduction of
visual fields
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15
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3 years
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None
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d) cannot see well enough
to recognise a friend at a distance of at least 5 metres
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9
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1 year
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None
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e) has 25% or more but less than
50% reduction of visual fields
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6
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1 year
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None
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f) cannot see well enough
to recognise a friend at a distance of at least 15 metres
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6
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1 year
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None
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g) none of the above
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0
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1 year
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None”.
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(b) in Part 2, for
paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the following
paragraph –
(a) Has
no light perception.
(b) Cannot
see well enough to read 16 point print at a distance of at least
20 cm.
(c) Has
50% or greater reduction of visual fields.
(d) Cannot
see well enough to recognise a friend at a distance of at least 5 metres.
Note: Statement is not relevant in the
case of child under the age of 3 years.”.
4 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (Amendment
No. 15) (Jersey) Regulations 2017 and shall come into force on 1st
July 2017.
dr. m. egan
Greffier of the
States