Income Support
(General Provisions) (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey)
Order 2009
Made 4th September 2009
Coming into force 1st
October 2009
THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 7 and 18 of
the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], orders as follows –
1 Schedule 2
amended
In Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General Provisions)
(Jersey) Order 2008[2] –
(a) for
paragraph 2(1) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(1) The following amounts of
capital shall be disregarded in assessing calculated income –
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(a) in the case of a household containing a
sole adult under the age of 65 years where a member of the household
meets the criteria for the personal care element of the impairment component
under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations
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£13,053
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(b) in the case of any other household
containing a sole adult under the age of 65 years
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£8,702
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(c) in the case of a household containing 2 or
more adults who are all under the age of 65 years where a member of the
household meets the criteria for the personal care element of the impairment
component under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations
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£21,636
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(d) in the case of any other household containing
2 or more adults who are all under the age of 65 years
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£14,424
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(e) in the case of a
household containing a sole adult aged 65 years or over
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£13,053
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(f) in the case of a household
containing 2 or more adults, at least one of whom is aged 65 years or
over
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£21,636.”;
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(b) for
paragraph 5 there shall be substituted the following
paragraph –
In assessing the weekly
income of the household there shall be disregarded –
(a) 12% of the earnings of any adults in the
household who are not entitled to a basic component under Article 5(2)(b)
of the Law;
(b) 100% of the income of any children in the
household derived from earnings;
(ba) 5% of any income derived from an award of long
term incapacity allowance under Article 16 of the Social Security (Jersey)
Law 1974[3] or of invalidity benefit by
virtue of Article 18 of the Social Security (Amendment No. 14)
(Jersey) Law 2000[4];
(bb) 10% of any income derived from any qualifying
maintenance payment received by any person in the household;
(bc) 5% of any income derived from a pension or annuity
of any person in the household aged under 65 years;
(c) 100% of the first £32.69 of any income
derived from a pension or annuity of one person in the household aged
65 years or over;
(d) 100% of the first £20.37 of any income
derived from a pension or annuity of any other person in the household aged
65 years or over;
(e) in the case of a person entitled to a basic
component under Article 5(2)(b) of the Law, either –
(i) 100% of the first £16.24 of
earnings;
(ii) 50% of earnings over £16.24 but
under £27.09; and
(iii) 25% of earnings over £27.09 but under
£48.79,
or 12% of total earnings,
whichever results in the greater amount to be disregarded.”.
2 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as
the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey)
Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st October 2009.
deputy i.j. gorst of st. clement
Minister for Social Security