Paragraph 25A F1
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment received under an insurance policy taken out to insure against the risk of being unable to maintain repayments—
on a loan which is secured on the dwelling which the claimant occupies as his home; or
under a regulated agreement as defined for the purposes of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 or under a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement as defined for the purposes of Part III of the Hire-Purchase Act 1964.
A payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall only be disregarded to the extent that the payment received under that policy does not exceed the amounts, calculated on a weekly basis, which are used to—
maintain the repayments referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or, as the case may be, (b); and
meet any amount due by way of premiums on—
that policy; or
in a case to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, an insurance policy taken out to insure against loss or damage to any building or part of a building which is occupied by the claimant as his home and which is required as a condition of the loan referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 para. 25A inserted (2.6.1998 for specified purposes) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1173), regs. 1(2), 3
Notes on Schedule 3
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 3 paras. 61, 62 modified (temp. until 27.11.2001) (28.11.2000) by The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3134), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(1)(2)(b) (with regs. 1(2), 11, 19)