{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/213",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a person who is a member of his family—\n(a) pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or in accordance with a scheme approved by the Scottish Ministers under section 51A of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters) or in accordance with a scheme made under section 71 (adoption allowance schemes) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ba) 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 child arrangements order) or in Scotland section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (payments towards maintenance of children);\n(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);\n(d) in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 14F of the Children Act 1989 (special guardianship support services).\n...\n(2) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, made pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(a) inserted (19.5.2008) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1042), regs. 1(2), 3(12)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(a) substituted (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 5(6)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(a) inserted (15.7.2011) by The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1740), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 39(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(b) omitted (5.1.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 5(6)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(ba) inserted (2.11.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(3)(a), 6(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(ba) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Child Arrangements Order (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/852), arts. 1, 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(1) omitted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2449), regs. 1(3), 2(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 25(3) omitted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2449), regs. 1(3), 2(10)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2002 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1978 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1989 c. 41; section 14F was inserted by the Adoption and Children Act 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/5/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:43.605354+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}