Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Order 2014


Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Order 2014

Made                                                                             31st July 2014

Coming into force                                                       1st August 2014

THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 7 and 18 of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], orders as follows –

1        Interpretation

In this Order a reference to the “principal Order” is a reference to the Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[2].

2        Article 1 amended

In Article 1(1) of the principal Order, after the definition “parental responsibility” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“ ‘pensionable age’ has the same meaning as in the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974[3];”.

3        Schedule 2 amended

In Schedule 2 to the principal Order –

(a)     in paragraph 2(1) –

(i)      for the words “the age of 65 years”, in each place that they appear, there shall be substituted the words “pensionable age”,

(ii)      in clause (e) for the words “aged 65 years or over” there shall be substituted the words “who has attained pensionable age”,

(iii)     in clause (f) for the words “is aged 65 years or over” there shall be substituted the words “has attained pensionable age”;

(b)     in paragraph 5 –

(i)      in sub-paragraph (e) for the words “aged under 65 years” there shall be substituted the words “under pensionable age”,

(ii)      in sub-paragraphs (f) and (g) for the words “aged 65 years or over” there shall be substituted the words “who has attained pensionable age”.

4        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Order 2014 and shall come into force on 1st August 2014.

senator f. du h. le gresley

Minister for Social Security

 

 

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 26.550

[2]                                    chapter 26.550.20

[3]                                    chapter 26.900


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