Income Support
(Miscellaneous Provisions No. 2) (Jersey)
Regulations 2015
Made 8th October 2015
Coming into force 1st
November 2015
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 5 and 18 of the Income Support
(Jersey) Law 2007[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations –
“Law” means the
Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[2];
“principal Regulations”
means the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007[3].
2 Amendment
of Article 5 of Law
For Article 5(2)(c) of the Law there shall be substituted the
following sub-paragraphs –
“(c) a rate for the first child in
the household;
(ca) a rate for each child in the household except the
child in respect of which the rate referred to in sub-paragraph (c) is
applied;”.
3 Amendment
of Schedule 1 to principal Regulations
In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations –
(a) in paragraphs 1(1),
5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 11(2), for the words “5(2)(a) to (c)”
wherever they appear there shall be substituted the words “5(2)(a) to (ca)”;
(b) in
paragraph 1(2) for the words “5(2)(a) or (c)” there shall be
substituted the words “5(2)(a), (c) or (ca)”;
(c) for
paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the following
paragraph –
“2 Rates for basic
components
(1) The rates payable for the basic components
under Article 5(2) of the Law are as follows –
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(a)
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under Article 5(2)(a) (adult component rate)
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£92.12
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(b)
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under Article 5(2)(b) (single parent component rate) where
the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied –
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(i)
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for the period commencing 1st November 2015 until the
end of 31st December 2015
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equivalent of the adult component rate plus £40.39
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(ii)
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for the period commencing 1st January 2016 until the end
of 30th September 2016
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equivalent of the adult component rate plus £30.31
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for 1 year commencing 1st October 2016
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equivalent of the adult component rate plus £20.23
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for 1 year commencing 1st October 2017
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equivalent of the adult component rate plus £10.15
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from 1st October 2018
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equivalent of the adult component rate
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(c)
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under Article 5(2)(b) (single parent component rate) where
the conditions in sub-paragraph (3) are satisfied
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equivalent of the adult component rate
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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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£63.98
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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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£63.98
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(f)
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under Article 5(2)(d) of the Law (household component rate)
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£51.31
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(2) The conditions to be satisfied under sub-paragraph (1)(b)
are that –
(a) the household was entitled to income support
and had received the single parent component before 1st November 2015;
and
(b) after 1st November 2015 there is
no continuous period exceeding 28 days during which the household has not
been entitled to receive the single parent component.
(3) The conditions to be satisfied under sub-paragraph (1)(c)
are that –
(a) the household has not been entitled to the
single parent component before 1st November 2015; or
(b) the
household was entitled to and had received the single parent component before 1st November 2015 but since that date there has been a continuous period exceeding 28 days during which the
household has not been entitled to receive the single parent component.”;
(d) for
paragraph 3(3)(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –
“(b) each of those adult members
is –
(i) a
person in whose case paragraph 1(1)(b) applies for a fifth or subsequent
week of a continuous period,
(ii) a
person in whose case paragraph 1(1)(c) or (d) applies, or
(iii) a
person in whose case paragraph 1(1)(ca) applies –
(A) for a fifth or subsequent week of a continuous
period, in a case where there is no reasonable expectation that the person will
resume living in the principal residence of the household, or
(B) for a thirteenth or subsequent week of a
continuous period in any other case.”.
4 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (Miscellaneous
Provisions No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2015 and shall come into force
on 1st November 2015.
l.-m. hart
Deputy Greffier of the States