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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-scotland-regulations-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/494",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In computing the disposable income of the person concerned, there shall be disregarded–\n(a) income support paid under section 124 of the 1992 Act ;\n(b) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995 );\n(c) a back to work bonus (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995);\n(d) any payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 or as a direct payment as defined in section 4(2) of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 ;\n(e) state pension credit (payable under the State Pension Credit Act 2002);\n(f) an income-related employment and support allowance;\n(g) universal credit paid under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;\n(h) any means-tested additional payment made under section 1 or 4 of the 2022 Act;\n(i) any means-tested additional payment made under section 1 of the 2023 Act, at any time since the coming into force of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 5(d) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/90), art. 1, sch. Pt. 3 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(e) and semicolon inserted (9.4.2007) by The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/59), regs. 1, 5 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(f) added (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 3) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1879), regs. 1(1), 38(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(g) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/137), regs. 1, 13(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(h) inserted (23.1.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/11), regs. 1, 3(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 5(h) substituted (21.9.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/178), regs. 1, 6(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(i) inserted (21.9.2023) by The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/178), regs. 1, 6(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 124 was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18), Schedules 2 and 3 and the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), Schedule 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1995 c.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1996 c.30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/494/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:24.195189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}