Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Order 2012

Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Order 2012

Made                                                                        16th August 2012

Coming into force                                                  1st September 2012

THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 2 and 18 of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], orders as follows –

1        Article 2 of the Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008 amended

In Article 2 of the Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[2] for paragraphs (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –

“(2)    Unless any of the circumstances described in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph (3) applies, the period of 5 years mentioned in paragraph (1) must be continuous and immediately precede the application for income support.

(3)     Those circumstances are that –

(a)     the person has been ordinarily resident in Jersey at any time for a continuous period of at least 10 years;

(b)     the person was born in Jersey and has been ordinarily resident in Jersey for a period or periods totalling 10 years or more;

(c)     the person –

(i)      has been ordinarily resident in Jersey for a period or periods totalling 10 years or more commencing prior to the person’s 20th birthday, and

(ii)      the person is a child of a person who falls within any sub-paragraph of Regulation 1(1)(a) to (h) of the Housing (General Provisions) (Jersey) Regulations 1970[3]; or

(d)     paragraph (4) applies and neither sub-paragraph (b) nor sub-paragraph (c) applies.”.

2        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 1st September 2012.

senator f. du h. le gresley

Minister for Social Security

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 26.550

[2]                                    chapter 26.550.20

[3]                                    chapter 18.315.50


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