# The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 22

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a child or young person who is a member of his family—
(a) in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 57A of the Adoption Act 1976(permitted allowances) or with a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 51 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (schemes for payment of allowances to adopters) or in accordance with an adoption allowance scheme made under section 71 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (adoption allowances schemes);
(b) which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order),
(c) which is a payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order , in pursuance of Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, that Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance);
to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) In the case of a child or young person—
(a) to whom regulation 27 applies (capital in excess of £3,000), the whole payment;
(b) to whom that regulation does not apply, so much of the weekly amount of the payment as exceeds the credit in respect of that child or young person under Schedule 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1973/schedule/2/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-22
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