Paragraph 4 Amendment of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992

(1)

The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992^f1 are amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “carer support payment”, for “carer’s assistance” substitute “the Carer Support Payment component of Carer Support”,

(b)

after the definition of “attendance allowance” insert—

““Carer Additional Person Payment” means the Carer Additional Person Payment component of Carer Support payable under the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023,”,

(c)

after the definition of “Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance Regulations” insert—

““Scottish Carer Supplement” means the Scottish Carer Supplement component of Carer Support payable under the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023,”.

(3)

After paragraph 28J in Part I of schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) insert—

“(28K)

Any payment of—

(a)

Carer Additional Person Payment

(b)

Scottish Carer Supplement.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1992/2977, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2023/258 and S.S.I. 2024/311.