Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

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The Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 16th day of March, 2000[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 3(2) and 15 of the Supplementary Benefit (Guernsey) Law, 1971[b], as amended, hereby order:-

Amendment of Ordinance.

1. In the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) Ordinance, 1971, as amended[c], after paragraph 11(d) of the First Schedule[d] add the following subparagraph-

"(e) any payment made by a third party to a residential home, a nursing home or the Guernsey Cheshire Home on behalf of a person residing in the home in respect of the home's fees to the extent that such payment would otherwise cause that person's weekly income to exceed the limit for the time being prescribed by paragraph 3(2) of this Schedule.".

Extent.

2. This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey, Herm and Jethou.

Citation.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000.

Commencement.

4. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 2nd June, 2000.

[a]	Article IV of Billet d'État No. VIII of 2000.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXIII, p. 26; Vol. XXXI, p. 278; No. XIV of 1993; No. VI of 1999; and Recueil d'Ordonnances, Tome XXIV, p. 468 and Tome XXVI, p. 177.
[c]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XVII, pp. 139 and 179; Tome XVIII, p. 119; Tome XXI, p. 452; Tome XXIII, p. 314; Tome XXV, p. 49; Tome XXVI, pp. 317 and 458; No. XXXII of 1998; and No's XIII and XXII of 1999.
[d]	Paragraph 11 was substituted by No. XV of 1989 (Tome XXV, p. 49).