http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/455/contents/madeThe Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003Tax creditsIncome supportBenefitsChild tax creditYoung peopleKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-06-13SOCIAL SECURITYThese Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) (“the Income Support Regulations”) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) (“the Jobseeker’s Regulations”) so as to remove, in accordance with section 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”), the special amounts and premia in income support and jobseeker’s allowance for those with responsibility for children and young persons.The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 20031Citation, commencement and interpretation2Amendment of the Income Support Regulations3Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations4Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations5Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations6Other miscellaneous consequential amendments7Income Support – transitional arrangements8Jobseeker’s allowance – transitional arrangementsSCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS1In regulation 2A (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration...2In regulation 17(1) (applicable amounts)– (a) paragraphs (b) (amount in...3In regulation 18 (polygamous marriages)– (a) paragraphs (1)(c) (amount in...4In regulation 21(1) (special cases)– (a) in paragraph (1) the...5In regulation 21ZB(3) (treatment of refugees) for the word “dependants”...6In regulation 23 (calculation of income and capital of members...7In regulation 25 (liable relative payments) for “44” there shall...8In regulation 40 (calculation of income other than earnings)– 9Regulation 41(3) (capital treated as income) shall be omitted. 10In regulation 42 (notional income)– (a) paragraph (2)(d) shall be...11Regulation 44 (modifications in respect of children and young persons)...12In regulation 48 (income treated as capital)– 13In regulation 51 (notional capital)– (a) in paragraph (3)(a)– 14In regulation 54 (liable relatives interpretation) in the definition of...15In regulation 57 (period over which payments other than periodical...16In regulation 62 (calculation of grant income)– 17In regulation 66B(3) (treatment of payments from access funds) and...18In regulation 71(1) (applicable amounts in urgent cases)– 19In Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person)– 20In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)– (a) paragraphs 2 (amounts for...21In Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases)– 22In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation...23In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation...24In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded)– SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS TO JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS1In regulation 2A (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration...2In regulation 83 (applicable amounts)– (a) paragraphs (b) (amount in...3In regulation 84 (polygamous marriages)– (a) paragraph (1)(c) (amount in...4In regulation 85 (special cases)– (a) in paragraph (1) the...5In regulation 86B(c) (applicable amounts for joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages)...6In regulation 88 (calculation of income and capital of members...7In regulation 89 (liable relative payments) for “106” there shall...8In regulation 103 (calculation of income other than earnings)– 9Regulation 104(3) (capital treated as income) shall be omitted. 10In regulation 105 (notional income)– (a) paragraphs (2)(c) and (2A)...11Regulation 106 (modifications in respect of children and young persons)...12In regulation 110 (income treated as capital) paragraphs (8) and...13In regulation 113 (notional capital)– (a) in paragraph (3)(a)– 14In regulation 117 (liable relatives interpretation) in the definition of...15In regulation 121 (period over which payments other than periodical...16In regulation 131 (calculation of grant income)– 17In regulation 136A(3) (treatment of payments from access funds) and...18In regulation 140(5)(a) (meaning of “person in hardship”) for the...19In regulation 148(1) (applicable amount in urgent cases)– 20In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)– (a) paragraphs 2 (amounts for...21In Schedule 5 (applicable amounts in special cases)– 22In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation...23In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation...24In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded)– SCHEDULE 3PART IAMENDMENT OF THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS1In regulation 21(1ZA)(b) (calculation of income on a weekly basis)...2In regulation 21A(7) (treatment of child care charges)– 3In regulation 43A (diminishing notional capital rule) sub-paragraphs (c) and...4In regulation 105(1)(b) (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits) the...5In paragraph 12(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 2 (additional condition for the...PART IIAMENDMENT OF THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS1In regulation 13(1ZA)(b) (calculation of income on a weekly basis)...2In regulation 13A(7) (treatment of child care charges)– 3In regulation 35 (diminishing notional capital rule) sub-paragraphs (c) and...4In regulation 93 (information to be supplied by an appropriate...5In paragraph 13(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 (additional condition for the...SCHEDULE 4OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS1In the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975– 2In the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations...3In regulation 6 (date of claim) of the Social Security...4In regulation 2B(2) (relaxation of the first contribution condition in...5Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 5 of Schedule...6Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 5 of Schedule...2003 No. 455SOCIAL SECURITYThe Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003Made27th February 2003Laid before Parliament7th March 2003Coming into force – – in accordance with regulation 1The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1C) and 189(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 22(5), 122(1), 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 124(1)(e), 135(1), 136(1), (3), (4) and (5), 137(1), 138(1)(a), (2) and (4), and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 4(5), 12, 13(2), 35(1), 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of the provisions relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it hereby makes the following Regulations:1992 c. 5; section 1(1C) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 is inserted by section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47).1992 c. 4; section 22(5) is amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18). Section 123(1)(e) is substituted and section 137 amended, with respect to council tax benefit, by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 124(1)(e) is inserted by paragraph 30(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995. Section 122(1) and section 137(1) are interpretation provisions cited because of the meaning given to the words “prescribe” and “prescribed”.1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision cited because of the meaning given to the word “claimant”, “family” and “prescribed”.See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.See section 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and paragraph 67 of the Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 which added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.