Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

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Please note that this Ordinance has been repealed by Ordinance No. XLV of 2007 - Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

The Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolutions of the 1^st March, 2001[a] and 28^th September, 2006[b], and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 3(2) and 15 of the Supplementary Benefit (Guernsey) Law, 1971, as amended[c], and all other powers enabling them, hereby order:-

Amendment of Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) Ordinance, 1971.

1. (1) Section 3(2) of the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) Ordinance, 1971[d] is repealed.

(2) In paragraph 1(a)(i) of Part I of the First Schedule to the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) Ordinance, 1971, the words "who resides in a dwelling in which he has an interest and" are repealed.

(3) For the numbered Tables set out in the appendix to the First Schedule to the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) Ordinance, 1971, substitute the numbered Tables set out in the schedule to this Ordinance.

Interpretation.

2. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Ordinance to an enactment are references thereto as amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.

Repeal.

3. Section 1(c) of, and the schedule to, the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance, 2005 are repealed.

Citation.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supplementary Benefit (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006.

Extent.

5. This Ordinance shall have effect in the islands of Guernsey, Herm and Jethou.

Commencement.

6. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 5^th January, 2007.

Section 1(3)

SCHEDULE

"Table 1 (Paragraph 3)

Limitation of weekly benefit payable as from the week commencing 5 January 2007

table
Community	Residential Home	Nursing Home, etc	Personal Allowance
£297.00	£410.00	£589.00	£23.00

Table 2 (Paragraph 5(1))

Short-term Weekly Requirements as from week commencing 5 January 2007

table
Description	Amount
Husband and wife or other persons falling within paragraph 2(1) ("Couple")	£156.75
Person not falling within paragraph 2(1) who is directly responsible for household necessities and rent (if any) ("Single householder")	£108.85
Person who is not a householder ("Non-householder")	£82.90
Member of a household -
Aged 16 years or over;	£70.40
Aged 12 years but less than 16;	£43.55
Aged 5 years but less than 12;	£31.60
Aged less than 5 years	£23.30

Table 3 (Paragraph 5(2))

Long-term Weekly Requirements as from week commencing 5 January 2007

table
Description	Amount
Husband and wife or other persons falling within paragraph 2(1) ("Couple")	£193.35
Person not falling within paragraph 2(1) who is directly responsible for household necessities and rent (if any) ("Single householder")	£133.85
Person who is not a householder ("Non-householder")	£103.85
Member of a household -
Aged 16 years or over;	£88.00
Aged 12 years but less than 16;	£54.45
Aged 5 years but less than 12;	£39.45
Aged less than 5 years	£29.15"

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[a]	Resolution 3 on Article VII of Billet d'État No. III of 2001.
[b]	Article XVI of Billet d'État No. XVI of 2006.
[c]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXIII, p. 26; amended by Vol. XXVI, p.292; Vol. XXXI, p. 278 and Order in Council No. VI of 1999; has effect in Alderney by Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XVII, p. 168; Recueil d'Ordonnances, Tome XXIV, p. 468 and Tome XXVI, pp. 177 and 317 and as varied by Ordinance No. IX of 2005.
[d]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XVII, pp. 139 and 179; Tome XVIII, pp. 119 and 126; Tome XIX, pp. 23, 106, 216 and 280; Tome XX, pp. 81,158, 359 and 392; Tome XXI, pp. 44, 72, 156, 283 and 452; Tome XXII, pp. 60, 185 and 537; Tome XXIII, pp. 48, 277, 314 and 453; Tome XXIV, pp. 88, 471 and 495; Tome XXV, pp. 49, 168 and 338 and Tome XXVI, pp. 75, 194, 319 and 458; Ordinances No. XXVI of 1996; No. XXX of 1997; No. XXXII of 1998; Nos. XIII and XXII of 1999; Nos. IV and XVII of 2000; Nos. XVII and XLVI of 2001; No. XXIV of 2002; Nos. VIII and XXIV of 2003; No. XXXV of 2004 and Nos. VIII and XXV of 2005.