Article 13 Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 15(1) (social security benefits that are not prescribed as income for the purposes of section 15(1)(e) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002), after sub-paragraph (rg) insert—

“(rh)

disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.

In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income), in paragraph 20, after sub-paragraph (2)(x) insert—

“(y)

disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.