Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for the amendment and revocation of the lone parent run-on and the back to work bonus provisions. They also provide for the removal of the special two-week rule that applies to lone parents claiming mortgage interest run-on, housing benefit run-on, and council tax benefit run on. Lone Parents will be entitled to the standard four week run-on provided for other claimants.
Regulation 2 provides for the amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) relating to the lone parent run-on.
Regulation 3 deals with amendments to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971).
Regulation 4 amends the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814).
Regulation 5 amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1988/1968).
Regulation 6 amends the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/35) in relation to deductions from income support.
Regulation 7 makes amendments consequential upon the abolition of the lone-parent run-on to the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/662).
Regulation 8 revokes the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (No 2) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2570) subject to the saving provisions contained in regulation 10.
Regulation 9 provides for consequential amendments where regulations make reference to the back to work bonus.
Regulation 10 provides transitional protection for claimants who have acquired an entitlement to back to work bonus prior to 25th October 2004. The transitional period runs from 25th October 2004 through to 28th January 2005. This regulation allows those claimants with an existing entitlement to claim their bonus provided that their claim is made prior to 29th January 2005. However no time after 24th October 2004 will count towards the “bonus period” which is used to assess the level of bonus to be paid, and no claimant without an entitlement prior to 24th October 2004 may acquire such an entitlement after that date.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.