Income Support
(Special Payments) (Jersey) Regulations 2007
Made 10th October 2007
Coming into force in
accordance with Regulation 8
THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 8 and 18 of the Income Support (Jersey) Law
2007[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations –
“Income Support Regulations” means the
Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007[2];
“Law” means the Income Support (Jersey) Law
2007[3];
“medical services” includes dental,
chiropody, and optical services.
part 1
special
payments for goods and services
2 Circumstances
in which a special payment may be made
A special payment may be made to
defray the expenses described in Regulation 3 in the circumstances where
the claimant is an adult whose household –
(a) is
in receipt of income support;
(b) meets
the conditions in Article 2(1)(c) and (d) of the Law and will meet the
condition in Article 2(1)(b) of the Law within 26 weeks; or
(c) meets
the conditions in Article 2(1)(b) and (c) of the Law and has a calculated
income that exceeds the total of the rates for each component of income support
to which the household is entitled by no more than 10%.
3 Expenses
that may be met by special payment
(1) A
special payment may be made to defray the following expenses payable by the
claimant if the claimant or a member of the claimant’s household is
in urgent need of the goods or services being provided –
(a) the cost of buying items of furniture and
household equipment;
(b) the amount of a deposit required in order to
secure a dwelling to be leased or licensed to the claimant’s household
where there are circumstances that reasonably require the household to remove
and the dwelling to which the household is to remove is appropriate to the
needs of the household;
(c) the expenses of the removal of the
claimant’s household where there are circumstances that reasonably
require the household to remove and the dwelling to which the household is to
remove is appropriate to the needs of the household;
(d) expenses essential to the claimant or a
member of the claimant’s household taking up remunerative work;
(e) the cost of medical services and items
supplied as a consequence of medical services.
(2) A
special payment may be made to defray the expenses payable by the claimant that
are necessary to prevent a serious risk to the health, safety or welfare of the
claimant or a member of the claimant’s household.
(3) A
special payment may be made to defray the expenses payable by the
claimant –
(a) for the funeral in Jersey of a member of his
or her household or any parent, child or sibling;
(b) to bring a body into or move a body out of
Jersey.
(4) A
special payment may be made to defray the expenses payable by the claimant to
remove the claimant and any member of the claimant’s household from
Jersey.
(5) However,
no expenses are payable under this Regulation unless the claimant has no other
reasonable means of meeting the cost.
(6) In
this Regulation a dwelling is appropriate to the needs of the household if it
is no larger than is reasonably necessary for that household.
4 Amount
of special payment
(1) The
amount of a special payment payable under Regulation 3 shall be the full
cost of defraying the expense concerned or such amount as represents a
reasonable price for the goods or services being provided, whichever is the
lower.
(2) However,
in the case of a special payment to cover the cost of items of furniture and
household equipment (other than mattresses, carpets and electrical items) that
are available to purchase second hand, the special payment shall only cover the
actual or a reasonable price for obtaining the items second hand, whichever is
the lower.
(3) The
full cost of defraying the expense under paragraph (1) shall be taken to
include any reasonable costs of delivery and installation.
part 2
other
special payments
5 Special
payments where a member of a household is not actively seeking work
(1) A
special payment may be made to defray any expenses of a household where the
household is no longer eligible for income support only because an adult member
of the household is not actively seeking work within the meaning of Article 5
of the Income Support Regulations.
(2) The
amount of a special payment under this Regulation is –
(a) for the first week in which a special
payment is claimed, the amount of income support to which the household would
be entitled were that adult member actively seeking work, less 25% of the rate
of basic component payable under Article 5(2)(a) or (b) of the Law, as the
case may be, that would have been payable in respect of that member;
(b) for each subsequent week in which a special
payment is claimed –
(i) if
that adult member has, during the past week, satisfied Regulation 5(a),
(b) and (c) of the Income Support Regulations, the same amount as paid in
respect of the previous week, or
(ii) if
that adult member has not, during the past week, satisfied those provisions,
the same amount as paid in respect of the previous week less a further 25% of
the rate of basic component payable under Article 5(2)(a) or (b) of the
Law, as the case may be, that would have been payable in respect of that
member, up to a maximum deduction of the full rate of that basic component.
6 Special
payments in respect of clinical costs
(1) A
special payment may be made to defray the cost of any medical services payable
by a member of an eligible household that is entitled to, but has not claimed,
a clinical cost element under paragraph 8 of Part 2B of
Schedule 1 to the Income Support Regulations.
(2) The
amount of a special payment under this Regulation is the additional amount (if
any) of income support that the household would have received had a clinical
cost element been claimed.
part 3
miscellaneous
7 Maximum
limit of special payment to person temporarily in Jersey
The maximum amount of any special
payment made under Article 8(3) of the Law is £500.
8 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as
the Income Support (Special Payments) (Jersey) Regulations 2007 and shall come
into force on the same day that Article 8 of the Income Support (Jersey)
Law 2007 comes into force.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States