SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Non-Cash Vouchers) Regulations 1999 and, subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, they shall come into force on 1st July 1999. 2 Where a claimant for either income support or a jobseeker’s allowance– a has an award of either of those benefits which is current on 30th June 1999; b that award is reviewed on or after 1st July 1999; and c the decision on that review takes effect on or after 1st July 1999, regulation 2(5) or, as the case may be, 2(6) of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to that claimant from the date from which the decision on the first review of that award after 30th June 1999 takes effect. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In relation to any claimant for either family credit or disability working allowance, regulation 2(2) or, as the case may be, 2(3) of these Regulations shall have effect, where that claimant has an award of either of those benefits which expires after 1st July 1999, on the day following the expiration of that award. Earnings of employed earners 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 In regulation 21 of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (which relates to earnings of employed earners)– a at the end of paragraph (1), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph– j the amount of any payment by way of a non-cash voucher which has been taken into account in the computation of a person’s earnings in accordance with regulation 18(22) to (25) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979. ; b in paragraph (2)(a), for the words “paragraph (3)" there shall be substituted the words “ paragraphs (3) and (4) ” ; c after paragraph (3), there shall be added the following paragraph– 4 Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply in respect of any non-cash voucher referred to in paragraph (1)(j). . 3 In regulation 19 of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (which relates to earnings of employed earners)– a at the end of paragraph (1), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph– i the amount of any payment by way of a non-cash voucher which has been taken into account in the computation of a person’s earnings in accordance with regulation 18(22) to (25) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979. ; b in paragraph (2)(a), for the words “paragraph (3)" there shall be substituted the words “ paragraphs (3) and (4) ” ; c after paragraph (3), there shall be added the following paragraph– 4 Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply in respect of any non-cash voucher referred to in paragraph (1)(i). . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In regulation 35 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (which relates to earnings of employed earners)– a at the end of paragraph (1), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph– j the amount of any payment by way of a non-cash voucher which has been taken into account in the computation of a person’s earnings in accordance with regulation 18(22) to (25) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979. ; b at the beginning of paragraph (2)(a), there shall be inserted the words “subject to paragraph (2A),"; c after paragraph (2), there shall be added the following paragraph– 2A Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply in respect of any non-cash voucher referred to in paragraph (1)(j). . 6 In regulation 98 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (which relates to earnings of employed earners)– a at the end of paragraph (1), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph– h the amount of any payment by way of a non-cash voucher which has been taken into account in the computation of a person’s earnings in accordance with regulation 18(22) to (25) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979. ; b at the beginning of paragraph (2)(a), there shall be inserted the words “ subject to paragraph (2A), ” ; c after paragraph (2), there shall be added the following paragraph– 2A Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply in respect of any non-cash voucher referred to in paragraph (1)(h). . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security