Paragraph 13 I1F1
England, Wales and Scotland
Except where sub-paragraph (2) applies and subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraphs 34 and 35, £10 of any charitable payment or of any voluntary payment made or due to be made at regular intervals.
Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraph 35, any charitable payment or voluntary payment made or due to be made at regular intervals which is intended and used for an item other than food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel, eligible rent, F2personal community charge, collective community charge contributions or water charges of a single claimant or, as the case may be, of the claimant or any other member of his family F3or is used for any personal community charge, collective community charge contribution or water charges for which that claimant or member is liable.
Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a payment which is made or due to be made by–
a former partner of the claimant, or a former partner of any member of the claimant’s family; or
the parent of a child or young person where that child or young person is a member of the claimant’s family.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) where a number of charitable or voluntary payments fall to be taken into account in any one week they shall be treated as though they were one such payment.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) the expression “ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 para. 13 substituted (1.10.1990) by The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1773), regs. 1(1), 13(a)
- F2
Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(2) substituted (7.10.1991) by The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefits (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1599), regs. 1(1)(c), 32(a) (with reg. 35)
- F3
Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(2) added (7.10.1991) by The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefits (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1599), regs. 1(1)(c), 32(a) (with reg. 35)
- F4
Sch. 3 para. 13(3) substituted (1.4.1992) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2695), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(3)(a)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 3 para. 13 in force at 1.4.1990, see reg. 1