The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2012

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “the Contributions and Benefits Act”, insert—

““the Contributions Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(2);”.

(3) In regulation 29 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings)(3), after paragraph (2B), insert—

“(2C) Earnings derived by a claimant as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations in respect of a period of annual continuous training for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year, whether paid to the claimant alone or together with other earnings derived from the same source, are to be taken into account—

(a)in the case of a period of training exceeding 14 days, over a period of 14 days, or

(b)in any other case, over a period which is equal to the duration of the training period.

(2D) The period over which earnings to which paragraph (2C) applies are to be taken into account shall begin on the date on which the payment is treated as paid under regulation 31.”.

(4) In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings) for paragraph 15A(4), substitute—

“15A.—(1) Where earnings to which sub-paragraph (2) applies (in aggregate with the claimant’s other income (if any) calculated in accordance with this Part) exceed the applicable amount (as specified in Part IV and Schedule 2) less 10 pence, the amount of those earnings corresponding to that excess.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to earnings, in so far as they exceed the amount disregarded under paragraph 7, derived by the claimant from employment as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations in respect of a period of annual continuous training for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year.”.