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Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions No. 5) (Jersey) Order 2015

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A decision made 5 August 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2015-0062

Decision Summary Title :

DS Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions No 5) (Jersey) Order 201-

Date of Decision Summary:

31 July 2015

Decision Summary Author:

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

WR Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions No 5) (Jersey) Order 201-

Date of Written Report:

31 July 2015

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions No 5) (Jersey) Order 201-

Decision(s): The Minister decided to make the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions No 5) (Jersey) Order 201-

Reason(s) for Decision:

This Order amends 2 Orders made under the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974. These are the Social Security (Contributions) (Jersey) Order 1975 and the Social Security (General Benefits) (Jersey) Order 1975.

The Minister for Social Security is amending the rules for the exemption from the liability to pay contributions and to receive contribution credits (Home Responsibility Protection). Currently, the rule applies if the person has full-time care of a child of the family who is under the age of 5 - they are then exempted from contributions that would otherwise have been paid and are credited with a contribution record for pension purposes. The amendment has the effect that the rule will now apply if the child is below compulsory school age, as defined in the Education (Jersey) Law 1999. The Order also amends similar conditions in the rules that refer to an increase in certain benefits in respect of dependents. The purpose of these changes is to align these Social Security rules with the age at which a child is required to have commenced full-time education.

 

The Order will take effect from 1st September 2015.

Resource Implications:  The Order has no resource implications.
 

Action required: Policy Principal to notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made so that it may be notified to the States, and forward the signed and sealed Order immediately to the States Greffe for publication and archiving.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Social Security

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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