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The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2015-02-08
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 8th February 2015

Laid before Parliament: 12th February 2015

Coming into force: 6th April 2015

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[^f00002].

Citation and commencement

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Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976

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In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976[^f00003] (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed), for “£102”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£110”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Mark Harper — Minister of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 8th February 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/409) (“the principal Regulations”).

Under section 70 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4), a person is entitled to a carer’s allowance for any day on which that person is caring for a severely disabled person provided that, among other things, the person claiming carer’s allowance is not gainfully employed.

Regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations prescribes that a person is only to be treated as gainfully employed on any day in a week if their earnings in the immediately preceding week have exceeded a prescribed amount. That amount is currently £102. The amendment made by regulation 2 raises that amount to £110.

An impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on business or civil society organisations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.4. Section 175(1) is amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2).

[^f00002]: Seesection 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1976/409. Regulation 8(1) is amended by S.I. 1992/470, 1993/316, 1996/2744, 2001/538, 2002/2497, 2007/2618, 2010/510 and 2014/904.

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