Regulation 7 Amendment to the Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) Regulations 2006

in paragraph (2), after “annual income” insert “(without adjustment under regulation 9(1))”;

in paragraph (2)(d)(i) omit “, less any housing benefit paid under the Social Security Benefits and Contributions Act 1992”;

for paragraph (2)(f) substitute—

“(f)

if the individual is making payments for the maintenance of a former partner or of a child or a relative who is not (in such case) a member of the individual’s household, the amount, where reasonable, of such payments paid or payable in respect of the period of calculation;

and in this sub-paragraph “relative” means a parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece or first cousin, whether of the full blood or half blood or by marriage or civil partnership;”.