Regulation 13 Amendment of the Family Credit Regulations

The Family Credit Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “date of claim” there shall be inserted the following definitions–

““disability living allowance” means a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of the Social Security Act M1;

“disability working allowance” means a disability working allowance under section 20 of the Act M2”;

In paragraph (2) of regulation 3 (circumstances in which a person is treated as being or not being in Great Britain) after the words “family credit” there shall be added the words “ or disability working allowance ”.

In regulation 50 (prevention of duplication of awards of family credit and income support) for the words “either family credit or income support” there shall be substituted the words “ family credit, income support or disability working allowance ”.

In Schedule 2 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 4 after the words “mobility allowance” there shall be inserted the words “ , disability living allowance or disability working allowance. ”.