Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 and the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 to provide, in the calculation of income and capital, for the disregard of payments made to the incapacitated and very severely disabled out of the Independent Living Fund.

These Regulations are made before the expiry of 12 months from the commencement of the provisions under which they are made; they are accordingly exempt by section 61(5) of the Social Security Act 1986 from reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee and have not been so referred.