Paragraph 3

In Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 23, in sub-paragraph (1) for heads (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following heads—

“(a)

in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 57A of the Adoption Act 1976^f1(permitted allowances) or with a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 51 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978^f2(schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);

(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^f3(local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order) or, as the case may be, section 50 of the Children Act 1975^f4(payment towards maintenance of children);”.