Explanatory note
(This note does not form part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987, the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 and the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 so that in calculating a claimant’s income and capital for determining his entitlement to those benefits any payment made to haemophiliacs under the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust are to be disregarded.