Social
Security (Christmas Bonus) (Jersey) Order 2023
Official
Consolidated Version
This is an official
version of consolidated legislation compiled and issued under the authority of
the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
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Social
Security (Christmas Bonus) (Jersey) Order 2023
1 Amount of Christmas bonus specified
The amount payable to a
person entitled under Regulation 2 of the Social Security
(Christmas Bonus) (Jersey) Regulations 2016 to receive a Christmas
bonus is, in 2023 and subsequent years, £114.19.
1A Eligibility for Christmas
bonus: maximum income and assets[1]
(1) For
the purpose of Regulation 2(2)(d) of the Social Security
(Christmas Bonus) (Jersey) Regulations 2016 –
(a) the maximum income is the
total annual income of the person and the person’s partner (if any) above which
the person or their partner (if any) is liable to be charged income tax; and
(b) the maximum total assets
are assets of the person and the person’s partner (if any) with a total
aggregated maximum value of £64,000 on the date that the person applies for
the Christmas bonus.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a person or their partner is not liable
to be charged income tax if –
(a) neither the person nor their
partner has been notified under Article 25 of the Income Tax (Jersey)
Law 1961 that they are liable to be charged income tax in respect of
the year of assessment of the person or their partner immediately preceding the
year in which the person applies for the Christmas bonus; or
(b) in the case where no
assessment has been made in respect of that year of assessment, neither the
person nor their partner has been notified under Article 25 of the Income Tax (Jersey)
Law 1961 that they are liable to be charged income tax in respect of
the year of assessment of the person or their partner immediately preceding the
year of assessment referred to in paragraph (a).
(3) A
person is the partner of another person for the purposes of this Article if the
person normally occupies, as their principal residence, the same dwelling as the
other person and they are married, in a civil partnership or in a marriage-like
or civil partnership-like relationship with each other.
(4) But
a person is not a partner of another person if they are living separately in
the same dwelling under a formal agreement.
(5) For
the purpose of paragraph (3), if a person occupied, as their principal residence,
the same dwelling as their partner before receiving long term care in an
approved care home, they are treated as occupying, as their principal residence,
the same dwelling as their partner.
(6) When
calculating the value of the assets under paragraph (1)(b), the person’s
principal residence must not be treated as an asset.
(7) In
order for the Minister to ascertain the relevant total income or relevant total
assets of a person, the Minister may have regard to any information provided by
the Comptroller of Revenue or the other information that the Minister may
require the person to provide.
2 Citation and
commencement
This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Christmas Bonus)
(Jersey) Order 2023 and comes into force on 4th December 2023.