Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (No. 2) Regulations 1990

Citation, commencement and interpretationU.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

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“the 1986 Act” means the Social Security Act 1986 M1;

[F2 “the 1998 Act ” means the Social Security Act 1998; ]

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“appropriate social security office” means an office of the Department of Social Security which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for income support and includes an office of the [F4Department for Education and Employment] which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for [F5jobseeker’s allowance and income support];

[F6“assessment period” means the period prescribed by regulation 21 of the UC Regulations;]

[F7“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”, except in a case to which paragraph (b) of the definition of income-based jobseeker’s allowance applies, means a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995, but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance;]

[F7“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means—

but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance;]

[F8 “ Jobseekers Act ” means the Jobseekers Act 1995; ]

[F9 “ jobseeker’s allowance ” means an allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of that Act which is paid as jobseeker’s allowance; ]

[F10 “Commissioner” has the meaning it bears in section 39(1) of the 1998 Act ; ]

“couple” means a married or unmarried couple;

“debtor” means a person against whom a liability order has been made;

“5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” and “5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a couple where both members are aged not less than 18” means, in each case, where the percentage is not a multiple of 5 pence, the sum obtained by rounding that 5 per cent. to the next higher such multiple;

“income support” means income support within the meaning of the 1986 Act;[F11but does not include any back to work bonus under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act which is paid as income support;]

“liability order” means an order under regulation 29 of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 M2;

“married couple” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 20(11) of the 1986 Act;

“payments to third parties” means direct payments to third parties in accordance with Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M3; [F12or Schedule 6 to the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations,]

“polygamous marriage” means a marriage to which section 22B of the Social Security Act 1986 refers M4;

“single debtor” means a debtor who is not a member of a couple;

[F13“state pension credit” means the benefit of that name payable under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;]

[F14 “tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the 1998 Act ; ]

[F15“the UC Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;

“the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013;

“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;]

“unmarried couple” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 20(11) of the 1986 Act.

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation and Schedule bearing that number in the Regulations and any reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or Schedule having that number.