Income Support (Special Payments) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2016

Income Support (Special Payments) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2016

Made                                                                            12th July 2016

Coming into force                                                         19th July 2016

THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 8 and 18 of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], have made the following Regulations –

1        Amendment of Regulation 2 of the Income Support (Special Payments) (Jersey) Regulations 2007

In Regulation 2 of the Income Support (Special Payments) (Jersey) Regulations 2007[2] –

(a)     at the beginning there shall be inserted the number (1);

(b)     after paragraph (1) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“(2)    A special payment may be made to defray the expenses described in Regulation 3 in the circumstances where the claimant is an adult who –

(a)     meets the requirements for a special payment to defray the expenses of long-term care being provided to that person under Regulation 2 of the Income Support (Special Payments) (Long-Term Care) (Jersey) Regulations 2014[3];

(b)     receives a grant under Article 11 of the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014[4] to meet the costs referred to in Article 9(c) of that Order; or

(c)     receives a loan under Article 12 of the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014 to meet the costs referred to in Article 9(c) of that Order.”.

2        Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (Special Payments) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2016 and shall come into force 7 days after they are made.

l.-m. hart

Deputy Greffier of the States

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 26.550

[2]                                    chapter 26.550.70

[3]                                    chapter 26.550.72

[4]                                    chapter 26.600.10


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