SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits Amendment Regulations 1992. Commencement 2 1 Regulation 1, this regulation and regulations 5 and 6 shall come into force on 5th October 1992. 2 Regulations 3 and 4, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, shall come into force on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 5th October 1992, and for the purposes of this paragraph, the expressions “benefit week”and “claimant”have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 3 1 The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph 15 of Part IV of Schedule 2 — a in sub-paragraph (2) (pensioner premium) for the amounts “£14.70”and “£22.35” there shall be substituted the amounts “£16.70” and “£25.35” respectively; b in sub-paragraph (2A) (pensioner premium for persons aged 75 and over) for the amounts “£16.65”and “£25.00” there shall be substituted the amounts “£18.65” and “£28.00” respectively; and c in sub-paragraph (3) (higher pensioner premium), for the amounts “£20.75”and “£29.55” there shall be substituted the amounts “£22.75” and “£32.55” respectively. 3 In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3A (reduction of protected sum)— a in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “sub-paragraphs (2) to (5)” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (2) to (6)”; and b after sub-paragraph (5) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— 6 Where by virtue of the coming into force of regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Income-Related Benefits Amendment Regulations 1992 a claimant’s applicable amount increases in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days beginning on 5th October 1992, no account shall be taken of that increase. . 4 In paragraph 4 of Schedule 3B (reduction of protected sum)— a in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “sub-paragraphs (2) to (4)” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (2) to (5)”; and b after sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— 5 Where by virtue of the coming into force of regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Income-Related Benefits Amendment Regulations 1992 a claimant’s applicable amount increases in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days commencing on 5th October 1992, no account shall be taken of that increase. . Amendment of Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 4 In regulation 14 of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987 (reduction and termination of transitional and personal expenses addition), after paragraph (1DA) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 1DZA Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a) or (d), the amount of a claimant’s transitional addition shall not be reduced if, and to the extent that, the increase in his applicable amount is attributable to the amendments made by regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Income-Related Benefits Amendment Regulations 1992 and that increase in his applicable amount takes effect in his benefit week beginning on a day during the period of 7 days commencing on 5th October 1992. . Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 5 1 Paragraph 15 of Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) below. 2 In sub-paragraph (2) (pensioner premium) for the amounts “£14.70” and “£22.35” there shall be substituted the amounts “£16.70” and “£25.35” respectively. 3 In sub-paragraph (2A) (pensioner premium for persons aged 75 and over) for the amounts “£16.65” and “£25.00” there shall be substituted the amounts “£18.65” and “£28.00” respectively. 4 In sub-paragraph (3) (higher pensioner premium), for the amounts “£20.75”and “£29.55”, there shall be substituted the amounts “£22.75” and “£32.55” respectively. Amendment of the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 6 1 Paragraph 17 of Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) below. 2 In sub-paragraph (2) (pensioner premium) for the amounts “£14.70”and “£22.35”there shall be substitued the amounts “£16.70” and “£25.35” respectively. 3 In sub-paragraph (3) (pensioner premium for persons aged 75 or over) for the amounts “£16.65”and “£25.00” there shall be substituted the amounts “£18.65” and “£28.00” respectively. 4 In sub-paragraph (4) (higher pensioner premium), for the amounts “£20.75”and “£29.55”there shall be substituted the amounts “£22.75” and “£32.55” respectively. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Alistair Burt Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th June 1992