Social Security
(General Benefit) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey)
Order 2004
Made 21st July 2004
Coming into force 1st
October 2004
THE EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE, in pursuance of Articles 14,
27, 29 and 51 of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974,[1] orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order, “principal Order”
means the Social Security (General Benefit)
(Jersey) Order 1975.[2]
2 Article
2 amended
In Article 2 of the principal Order, after the words
“survivor’s benefit” in both places where they appear there
shall be inserted the words “, incapacity pension”.
3 New
Article 5 substituted for Articles 5, 6 and 7
For Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the principal Order there shall be
substituted the following Article –
“5 Increase
of benefit for dependants
(1) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of
Article 27 of the Law[3] (which paragraph relates to
increases of incapacity benefit and maternity allowance to beneficiaries) –
(a) a child of the family who has not attained
the age of five years is a prescribed category of person being cared for;
(b) the other parent of the child (that is to
say the parent who is not the beneficiary) is a prescribed category of carer;
(c) the prescribed period or periods during
which benefit may be increased, in respect of any one child to whom
paragraph (2) refers, is five years in the aggregate; and
(d) benefit may be increased if but only if the
circumstances in paragraph (2) apply.
(2) The circumstances to which paragraph (1)
refers are –
(a) the parent who is not the beneficiary must
be for the time being excepted, under an application made under Article 13
of the Social Security (Contributions)
(Jersey) Order 1975,[4] from liability to pay a
contribution under the Law;
(b) the child in respect of whom the application
under that Article of that Order was granted must be the first or second child
of the family; and
(c) the beneficiary and the other parent must
reside with each other in Jersey, and be ordinarily resident in Jersey.”.
4 Article
8 revoked
Article 8 of the principal Order shall be revoked.
5 Article
9 amended
In Article 9 of the principal Order, for the words “adult
dependant” there shall be substituted the word “dependant”.
6 Article
10 amended
In Article 10(3) of the principal Order, the words
“accident benefit,” shall be deleted.
7 Article
12 amended
In Article 12 of the principal Order –
(a) in
paragraph (3), for the words “sickness benefit” in both places
where they occur there shall be substituted the words “short term
incapacity allowance”;
(b) in
paragraph (4), for the words “sickness benefit” in both places
where they occur there shall be substituted the words “short term
incapacity allowance”;
(c) in
paragraph (4), for the words “sub-paragraph (1)(a) of Article 2
of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit)
(Jersey) Order, 1974[5]” there shall be
substituted the words “paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefits) (Jersey)
Order 2004[6]”;
(d) in
paragraph (7), the words “accident benefit,” in the first
place where they appear shall be deleted;
(e) in
sub-paragraph (b) of the proviso to paragraph (7), the words
“accident benefit,” shall be deleted.
8 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Social Security (General Benefit)
(Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st
October 2004.
M.N. DE LA HAYE
Greffier of the States.