Income
Support (Amendment No. 19) (Jersey)
Regulations 2019
Made 16th July 2019
Coming into
force 1st October 2019
THE STATES make these Regulations under Articles 5 and
18 of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1] –
1 Schedule 1 to the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007 amended
(1) In
this Regulation, a reference to a paragraph by number is to the paragraph of
the same number in Schedule 1 to the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations
2007[2].
(2) For
paragraph 2(1) (rates for basic component) there is substituted –
“(1) The rates payable for the basic components
under Article 5(2) of the Law are as follows –
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(a)
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under
Article 5(2)(a) of the Law (adult component rate)
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£99.61
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(b)
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under
Article 5(2)(b) of the Law (single parent component rate)
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£40.39
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(d)
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under Article
5(2)(c) of the Law (first child component rate)
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£77.98
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(e)
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under
Article 5(2)(ca) of the Law (subsequent child component rate)
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£69.23
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(f)
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under
Article 5(2)(d) of the Law (household component rate)
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£55.51”.
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(3) Paragraphs
2(2) and 2(3) are deleted.
(4) For
paragraph 4(2) (rates of housing component) there is substituted –
“(2) The rates payable under this sub-paragraph
are –
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(a)
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in
the case of a hostel
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£108.22
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(b)
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in
the case of lodgings or a bedsit
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£142.52
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(c)
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in
the case of a flat with 1 bedroom
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£210.07
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(d)
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in
the case of a flat with 2 bedrooms
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£269.01
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(e)
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in
the case of a flat with 3 or more bedrooms
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£288.68
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(f)
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in
the case of a house with 1 bedroom
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£240.87
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(g)
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in
the case of a house with 2 bedrooms
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£305.76
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(h)
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in
the case of a house with 3 bedrooms
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£357.07
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(i)
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in
the case of a house with 4 bedrooms
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£389.20
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(j)
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in
the case of a house with 5 or more bedrooms
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£430.85”.
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(5) For
paragraph 4(7) there is substituted –
“(7) The rates payable under this sub-paragraph
are –
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(a)
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in
the case of a bedsit or flat with 1 or 2 bedrooms
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£6.93
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(b)
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in
the case of a flat with 3 bedrooms
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£9.80
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(c)
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in
the case of a flat with 4 or more bedrooms
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£13.86
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(d)
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in
the case of a house with 1 bedroom
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£6.93
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(e)
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in
the case of a house with 2 bedrooms
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£9.80
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(f)
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in
the case of a house with 3 or more bedrooms
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£13.86”.
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(6) For
paragraph 4(13) there is substituted –
“(13) The rates payable under this sub-paragraph
are –
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(a)
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in
the case of a hostel
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£108.22
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(b)
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in
the case of lodgings or a bedsit
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£135.03
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(c)
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in
the case of a flat with 1 bedroom
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£199.15
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(d)
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in
the case of a flat with 2 bedrooms
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£254.87
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(e)
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in
the case of a flat with 3 or more bedrooms
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£273.49
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(f)
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in
the case of a house with 1 bedroom
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£228.13
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(g)
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in
the case of a house with 2 bedrooms
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£289.80
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(h)
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in
the case of a house with 3 bedrooms
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£338.31
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(i)
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in
the case of a house with 4 bedrooms
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£368.76
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(j)
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in
the case of a house with 5 or more bedrooms
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£408.17”.
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(7) For
paragraph 6(3) (personal care element) there is substituted –
“(3) The rate of personal care element payable in
respect of the total score calculated under sub-paragraph (2) is as
follows –
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(a)
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for
a score of at least 15 but less than 36
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£24.92
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(b)
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for
a score of at least 36 but less than 56
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£109.34
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(c)
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For
a score of at least 56
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£157.01”.
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(8) For
paragraph 7(3) (mobility element) there is substituted –
“(3) The rate of mobility element of the
impairment component is –
(a) £24.92 if the person’s
average weekly earnings do not exceed the amount in clause (b); or
(b) £49.77.”.
(9) For
paragraph 8(2) (clinical cost element) there is substituted –
“(2) The rate of clinical cost element of the
impairment component is –
(a) £3.50; or
(b) if, based on the criteria
set out in sub-paragraph (1)(b), the member will need at least 9 consultations
with an approved medical practitioner, £7.00.”.
(10) For
paragraph 10(3) (rate for the child day care component) there is
substituted –
“(3) The rates payable under this sub-paragraph
are –
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(a)
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for
a child under the age of 3 years
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£7.14
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(b)
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for
a child aged 3 years or over
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£5.57”.
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(11) In
paragraph 12 (rate for the carer’s component) for “£49.84” there is
substituted “£50.82”.
2 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited
as the Income Support (Amendment No. 19) (Jersey) Regulations 2019 and
come into force on 1st October 2019.
L.-M. HART
Deputy Greffier of the States