The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1990
These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 in the following respects—they make new provision for the payment of income support during a period of up to 8 weeks whilst a claimant or one or more other members of his family are abroad for the purpose of accompanying a child or young person during treatment (regulations 3, 7, 15, 16 and 21(h) to (j));they provide that a person is to be treated as engaged in work during meal and refreshment breaks in respect of which he is, or expects to be, paid (regulation 4);they provide that certain persons who are receiving advanced education are not treated as receiving relevant education and are not to be treated as members of the family (regulations 5, 6 and 13);they make new provision in respect of claims for income support from persons from countries which are party to the European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance who are temporarily resident (regulation 8);in the case of certain couples and members of a polygamous marriage, they reduce the amount of the reduction which is applicable on account of actual or notional unemployment benefit disqualification (regulation 9);they clarify the way in which income is to be calculated (regulation 10);they clarify the provisions under which applicable amounts are calculated in cases where benefit is payable to one person in respect of another (regulation 17);they define the term “water charges” and amend the provisions under which income and capital and housing costs are calculated, including in particular changes made in consequence of the introduction of community charge (regulations 2, 11, 12 and 18(a) and (c));they remove the provision under which capital of more than £500 is taken into account in connection with loans for repairs and improvements to the claimant’s dwelling and make other provision with regard to housing costs (regulation 18(b) and(d));they make new provision for the calculation of non-dependant deductions (regulation 18(e));they amend various provisions for transitional protection (regulations 19 and 20);they make new provision for the applicable amount of prisoners who are discharged into detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 or the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 and certain other special cases (regulation 21);they increase the amount of income from charitable or voluntary payments which is to be disregarded; in the case of students they increase the amount of certain income other than grants and covenants which is to be disregarded; amend the provisions for the disregard of income derived from the provision of board and lodging accommodation; increase the amount of income from certain war pensions which is to be disregarded; provide certain other disregards relating to war widows, community charge benefit and reductions in personal community charge and provide for the disregard in the calculation of capital of certain amounts relating to community charge and grants made to enable local authority tenants to obtain other accommodation (regulations 14, 22 and 23).