The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004
These Regulations amend—the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) (“the Principal Regulations”) in respect of certain provisions in the income and capital disregard Schedules to those Regulations (regulations 2 to 5);the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as a consequence of the cessation of the payment of a residential allowance or special amounts to those residing in residential care or nursing homes or who are in residential accommodation (regulation 6);the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1926) (“the Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents Regulations”) to provide that lone parents who are entitled to income support on 5th April 2004 shall be required to take part in work-focused interviews regardless of the age of their youngest child (regulation 7);the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (S.I. 1979/597), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987, the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 and the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455) as a result of changes to the rates of working tax credit and child tax credit from 6th April 2004 and child benefit from 12th April 2004 (regulations 8 to 11);the Children (Leaving Care) Social Security Benefits Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3074) in relation to a prescribed category of children who have left the care of a local authority to whom section 6 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35) does not apply (regulation 12).