Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2008

Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2008

Made                                                                     5th December 2008

Coming into force                                                   1st February 2009

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, “principal Order” means the Income Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[2].

2        Schedule 2 paragraph 5 amended

In Schedule 2 to the principal Order, in paragraph 5 –

(a)     in sub-paragraph (a) for the amount “6%” there shall be substituted the amount “10%”;

(b)     after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs –

“(ba)  5% of any income derived from an award of long term incapacity allowance under Article 16 of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974 or of invalidity benefit by virtue of Article 18 of the Social Security (Amendment No. 14) (Jersey) Law 2000;

(bb)    10% of any income derived from any qualifying maintenance payment received by any person in the household;

(bc)    5% of any income derived from a pension or annuity of any person under the household aged under 65 years;”;

(c)     in sub-paragraph (c) for the amount “£27.09” there shall be substituted the amount “£32.06”;

(d)     in sub-paragraph (d) for the amount “£17.01” there shall be substituted the amount “£19.95”;

(e)     in sub-paragraph (e) for the amount “6%” there shall be substituted the amount “10%”.

3        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st February 2009.

senator p.f. routier

Minister for Social Security

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 26.550

[2]                                    chapter 26.550.20


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