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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/280",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
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  "number": "21",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), except where regulation 104(8)(b) (calculation of income other than earnings) or 107(3)(a) (notional income – income due to be paid or income paid to or in respect of a third party) applies, any income in kind.\n(2) The exception under sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply where the income in kind is a Grenfell Tower payment , a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment or is received from the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust, the Fund, the Eileen Trust , MFET Limited , the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation , the Infected Blood Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme, an approved blood scheme , the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund , the National Emergencies Trust or the Independent Living Fund (2006).\n(3) The first exception under sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply where the claimant is the partner of a person subject to immigration control and whose partner is receiving support provided under section 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act including support provided by virtue of regulations made under Schedule 9 to that Act and the income in kind is support provided in respect of essential living needs of the partner of the claimant and the claimant’s dependants (if any) as is specified in regulations made under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to that Act.\n(4) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to “income in kind” does not include a payment to a third party made in respect of the claimant which is used by the third party to provide benefits in kind to the claimant.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/108), regs. 1(1), 7(11)(a)(i)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (5.1.2022) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/345), regs. 1(1), 7(7)(a)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/69), regs. 1(1), 10(3)(f)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/357), regs. 1(1), 21(8)(d)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (30.10.2017) by The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/219), regs. 1(1), 8(3)(e)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (27.9.2017) by The Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/205), regs. 1(1), 8(3)(e)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 21(2) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/108), regs. 1(1), 7(11)(a)(ii)"
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 21 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
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