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The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

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Effect of alteration in the component rates of income support and jobseeker’s allowance

14.—(1) Section 159 of the Administration Act (effect of alteration in the component rates of income support) shall not apply to any award of income support in force in favour of a person where there is applicable to that person—

(a)any amount determined in accordance with regulation 17(2) to (7) of the Income Support Regulations; or

(b)any protected sum determined in accordance with Schedule 3A or 3B of those Regulations(1); or

(c)any transitional addition, personal expenses addition or special transitional addition applicable under Part II of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987(2) (transitional protection).

(2) Where section 159 of the Administration Act does not apply to an award of income support by virtue of paragraph (1), a decision under section 10 may be made in respect of that award for the sole purpose of giving effect to any change made by an order under section 150 of the Administration Act.

(3) Section 159A of the Administration Act(3) (effect of alterations in the component rates of jobseeker’s allowance) shall not apply to any award of a jobseeker’s allowance in force in favour of a person where there is applicable to that person any amount determined in accordance with regulation 87 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

(4) Where section 159A of the Administration Act does not apply to an award of a jobseeker’s allowance by virtue of paragraph (3), a decision under section 10 may be made in respect of that award for the sole purpose of giving effect to any change made by an order under section 150 of the Administration Act.

(1)

Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 1988/1445; Schedule 3B was inserted by S.I. 1989/534.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1969.

(3)

Section 159A was inserted by section 24 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18).

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