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Paragraph 24 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a person who is a member of his family–

F1(a)

in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 57A of the Adoption Act 1976 (permitted allowances) or with a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 51 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);

(b)

which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order) or, as the case may be, section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (payment towards maintenance of children);

to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2)

In the case of a child or young person–

(a)

to whom regulation 26(2) applies (capital in excess of £3000), the whole payment;

(b)

to whom that regulation does not apply, so much of the weekly amount of the payment as exceeds the amount included under Schedule 1 in the calculation of the claimant’s applicable amount for that child or young person by way of the personal allowance and disabled child premium, if any.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 3 para. 24(1)(a)(b) substituted (1.4.1992) by The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/432), regs. 1(1)(e), 34, Sch. 2 para. 2

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 24 in force at 1.4.1990, see reg. 1