Income Support
(Amendment No. 16) (Jersey)
Regulations 2017
Made 19th July 2017
Coming into force 1st
October 2017
THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 5 and 18 of the Income Support
(Jersey) Law 2007[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Schedule
1 to the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007 amended
In Schedule 1 to the Income Support (Jersey)
Regulations 2007[2] –
(a) in
paragraph 2(1) –
(i) for
clause (a) there shall be substituted the following clause –
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“(a)
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under Article 5(2)(a) (adult component rate)
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£94.85”,
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(ii) for
clauses (d), (e) and (f) there shall be substituted the following clauses –
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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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£65.87
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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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£65.87
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(f)
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under Article 5(2)(d) of the Law (household component rate)
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£52.85”;
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(b) for
paragraph 4(2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –
“(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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£103.04
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(b)
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in the case of lodgings or a bedsit
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£135.73
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(c)
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in the case of a flat with 1 bedroom
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£200.13
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(d)
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in the case of a flat with 2 bedrooms
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£256.27
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(e)
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in the case of a flat with 3 or more bedrooms
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£275.03
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(f)
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in the case of a house with 1 bedroom
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£229.39
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(g)
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in the case of a house with 2 bedrooms
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£291.27
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(h)
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in the case of a house with 3 bedrooms
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£340.13
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(i)
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in the case of a house with 4 bedrooms
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£370.79
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(j)
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in the case of a house with 5 or more bedrooms
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£410.48.”;
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(c) for
paragraph 4(7) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(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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£6.58
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(b)
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in the case of a flat with 3 bedrooms
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£9.31
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(c)
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in the case of a flat with 4 or more bedrooms
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£13.16
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(d)
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in the case of a house with 1 bedroom
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£6.58
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(e)
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in the case of a house with 2 bedrooms
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£9.31
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(f)
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in the case of a house with 3 or more bedrooms
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£13.16.”;
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(d) for
paragraph 4(13) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(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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£103.04
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(b)
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in the case of lodgings or a bedsit
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£128.59
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(c)
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in the case of a flat with 1 bedroom
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£189.63
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(d)
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in the case of a flat with 2 bedrooms
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£242.76
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(e)
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in the case of a flat with 3 or more bedrooms
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£260.54
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(f)
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in the case of a house with 1 bedroom
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£217.28
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(g)
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in the case of a house with 2 bedrooms
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£276.01
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(h)
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in the case of a house with 3 bedrooms
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£322.21
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(i)
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in the case of a house with 4 bedrooms
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£351.26
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(j)
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in the case of a house with 5 or more bedrooms
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£388.85.”;
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(e) for
paragraph 6(3) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(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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£23.66
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(b)
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for a score of at least 36 but less than 56
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£104.09
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(c)
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For a score of at least 56
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£149.52.”;
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(f) for
paragraph 7(3) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(3) The rate of mobility element
of the impairment component is –
(a) £23.66; or
(b) £47.32 if the person’s average
weekly earnings exceed the amount in this clause.”;
(g) for
paragraph 8(2) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(2) The rate of clinical cost
element of the impairment component is –
(a) £3.29; 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, £6.58.”;
(h) for
paragraph 10(3) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(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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£6.79
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(b)
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for a child aged 3 years or over
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£5.30.”;
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(i) for paragraph 12 there shall be
substituted the following paragraph –
“12 Rate
for the carer’s component
The rate payable in respect
of the carer’s component is £48.37.”.
2 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be
cited as the Income Support (Amendment No. 16) (Jersey)
Regulations 2017 and shall come into force on 1st October 2017.
dr. m. egan
Greffier of the States