Paragraph 1

The benefits referred to in the definition of affordable warmth group in article 2 are—

(a)

child tax credit^f1 and has a relevant income of £16,010 or less (where “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002^f2);

(b)

income-related employment and support allowance^f3 and—

(i)

receiving a work-related activity or support component; or

(ii)

is responsible for a qualifying child; or

(iii)

is in receipt of a qualifying component;

(c)

income-based job seeker’s allowance^f4 and—

(i)

is responsible for a qualifying child; or

(ii)

is in receipt of a qualifying component;

(d)

income support^f5 and—

(i)

is responsible for a qualifying child; or

(ii)

is in receipt of a qualifying component;

(e)

state pension credit^f6;

(f)

working tax credit and has a relevant income of £16,010 or less and—

(i)

is responsible for a qualifying child; or

(ii)

is in receipt of a disability or severe disability element; or

(iii)

is aged 60 years or over; or

(g)

universal credit^f7 and the condition as to earned income in paragraph 4 is met and—

(i)

is responsible for a child or qualifying young person as determined under regulation 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013^f8; or

(ii)

has limited capability for work, or limited capability for work and work-related activity, as determined under Part 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013; or

(iii)

is in receipt of a disability living allowance under section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f9; or

(iv)

is in receipt of a personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012^f10.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Child tax credit and working tax credit are provided for in Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21).
f2: 2002 c.21. Part I is repealed by section 417 of and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) but this repeal has not yet come into force.
f3: See Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5). Sections 9 and 5 of and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) made relevant amendments to Part 1. Section 147 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 also makes relevant amendments to this Part, but these amendments are in force for certain purposes only.
f4: See section 1(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18). Section 1(4) was amended by sections 4, 59 and 88 of and Schedules 7 and 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), and section 245 of and Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33). Section 1(4) is also repealed by section 147 of and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2014, but this repeal is in force for certain purposes only.
f5: See section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4). Section 124 is repealed by the Welfare Reform Act 2012, but this repeal has not yet come into force.
f6: See section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16).
f7: Universal credit is provided for in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
f8: S.I. 2013/376. Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2013/1508, regulation 3.
f9: 1992 c.4. Section 71 was amended by section 67 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 71 is repealed by section 90 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), but this repeal has not yet come into force.
f10: 2012 c.5.