SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002. Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 2 1 Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In the definition of “hostel” in paragraph 1(1), for “19(3)” there shall be substituted “2(1)”. 3 In paragraph 4 (miscellaneous accommodation costs)— a in sub-paragraph (1)— i in paragraph (a), for “19(3)” there shall be substituted “2(1)”; ii in paragraph (b), the words “Schedule 4 (persons in residential care and nursing homes) or” and “Schedule 4 (applicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes) or” shall be omitted; b in sub-paragraph (2)— i paragraph (a) shall be omitted; ii in paragraph (ab)— aa for the words from “does not have a preserved right” to “1948” there shall be substituted the words “is not in residential accommodation for the purposes of the Income Support Regulations or, as the case may be, for the purposes of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations,”; bb for the words from “will equal the aggregate of the amounts” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “will equal the amount prescribed in respect of personal expenses in paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 7 to the Income Support Regulations or, as the case may be, in paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 5 or paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 5A to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;”. Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 3 In Schedule 3A to the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 (date on which change of circumstances takes effect in certain cases where a claimant is in receipt of income support or jobseeker’s allowance)— a after paragraph 3(a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— aa income support is being paid from 8th April 2002 to persons who, immediately before that day, had a preserved right for the purposes of the Income Support Regulations; ; b after paragraph 8(a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— aa jobseeker’s allowance is being paid from 8th April 2002 to persons who, immediately before that day, had a preserved right for the purposes of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations; . Amendment of the Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 4 1 The Schedule to the Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In Part I— a in paragraph 12— i before sub-paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— za in paragraph (1)(a), “(b),” shall be omitted; ; ii after sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— bb in paragraph (1)(d), “(b) or” shall be omitted; ; b for paragraph 14(b)(ii), there shall be substituted the following— ii in paragraph (a), the words “pursuant to sub-paragraph (4A)” shall be omitted; ; c after paragraph 17(h), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— i in column (2) of paragraph 19A , in sub-paragraph (2), “or 4” shall be omitted. . 3 In Part II— a in paragraph 15— i before sub-paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— za in paragraph (1)(a), “(b),” shall be omitted; ; ii after sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— bb in paragraph (1)(d), “(b) or” shall be omitted; ; b in paragraph 16— i for “148” there shall be substituted “148A”; ii before sub-paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— za in paragraph (1)(a), “(b),” shall be omitted; ; iii after sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— bb in paragraph (1)(d), “(b) or” shall be omitted; ; c for paragraph 18(b)(ii), there shall be substituted the following— ii in paragraph (a), the words “pursuant to sub-paragraph (5)” shall be omitted; ; d in paragraph 20(b), for the word “both” there shall be substituted the word “all”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Maria Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 21st February 2002