Regulation 6 Amendment of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996

In Schedule 2, at the end of paragraph 5 insert–

“(d)

there shall be left out of account any payment made in accordance with the following:–

(a)

payments under the 1992 Act (except statutory sick pay)^f1;

(b)

tax credits under the Tax Credits Act 2002^f2;

(c)

child maintenance bonus^f3;

(d)

child support maintenance^f4;

(e)

contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance^f5;

(f)

severe disablement allowance^f6;

(g)

retirement pension^f7;

(h)

war widow’s and widower’s pension and war disablement pension^f8;

(i)

sums payable to holders of the Victoria Cross or George Cross”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (“the 1992 Act”); statutory sick pay is payable in accordance with sections 151 to 163 of, and Schedules 11 and 12 to, that Act.
f2: 2002 c. 21.
f3: Child maintenance bonus is payable in accordance with the Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3195).
f4: Child support maintenance is payable under section 4 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48).
f5: Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable under section 2 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18).
f6: Severe disablement allowance was abolished by the 1992 Act but remains payable in certain circumstances; see the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 9, and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2958).
f7: Retirement pension is payable in accordance with Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26).
f8: The enactments under which these pensions are paid are set out in the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 139(11).