Income Support
(Special Payments) (Child Personal Care) (Jersey) Regulations 2014
Made 10th September 2014
Coming into force in
accordance with Regulation 4
THE STATES, in pursuance of Articles 8 and 18 of the Income Support
(Jersey) Law 2007[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Interpretation
(1) In
these Regulations “2007 Regulations”
means the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007[2].
(2) In
these Regulations references to a person being a member of a household are to
be construed in accordance with Article 5 of the Income Support (General
Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[3].
2 Special
payment for child personal care – level 2
The Minister may make a special payment of the
amount specified in paragraph 6(3)(b) of Schedule 1
to the 2007 Regulations per week to any household in which –
(a) a member of the household is a child who –
(i) meets the requirements for the impairment component under paragraph 5
of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations, and
(ii) but
for being a child, meets the criteria in paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 1
to the 2007 Regulations; and
(b) another member of the household is an adult who meets the
requirement under Article 2(1)(b) of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[4],
to defray general
expenses in respect of the personal care of that child.
3 Special
payment for child personal care – level 3
The Minister may make a special payment of the amount specified in
paragraph 6(3)(c) of Schedule 1 to the
2007 Regulations per week to any household in which –
(a) a member of the household is a child who –
(i) meets the requirements for the impairment component under paragraph 5
of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations, and
(ii) but for being a child, meets the criteria in paragraph 6(1)(c)
of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations; and
(b) another member of the household is an adult who meets the
requirement under Article 2(1)(b) of the Income Support (Jersey)
Law 2007[5],
to defray general
expenses in respect of the personal care of that child.
4 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (Special
Payments) (Child Personal Care) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 and shall come
into force as follows –
(a) Regulations
1 and 3 and this Regulation shall come into force 7 days after they are
made;
(b) Regulation 2
shall come into force on 1st January 2015.
a.c. goodyear
Assistant Greffier of the States Designate