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Paragraph 20

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(1)

Any amount paid—

(a)

by way of arrears of benefit;

(b)

by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit; or

(c)

in lieu of the payment of benefit.

(2)

In paragraph (1), “benefit” means—

(a)

attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b)

disability living allowance;

(c)

income support;

(d)

income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

(e)

housing benefit;

(f)

state pension credit;

(g)

an allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act (invalid care allowance);

(h)

an increase of an allowance which is payable in respect of constant attendance under paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 8 to the Act;

(i)

any amount included on account of the claimant’s exceptionally severe disablement in a war disablement pension or a war widow’s or widower’s pension.