Regulation 27 Amendment of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations

In Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)^f1—

(a)

in paragraph 2 for the words “voluntary body” there shall be substituted the words “voluntary organisation”;

(b)

in paragraph 15A after the words “National Assistance Act 1948,”there shall be inserted the words “sections 13A, 13B and 59(2)(c) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968^f2 or section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984^f3”;

(c)

for paragraph 18 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“18

Any payment made to the claimant by a person who normally resides with the claimant, which is a contribution towards that person’s living and accommodation costs, except where that person is residing with the claimant in circumstances to which paragraph 19 or 20 refers.”;

(d)

in paragraph 19 for the words “a person other than one to whom paragraph 18 or 20 refers,” there shall be substituted the words “another person”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph 15A was inserted in Schedule 9 by S.I.1993/518, regulation 5(5)(c).
f2: 1968 c. 49; sections 13A and 13B were inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 56 and section 59 was amended by Schedule 9 paragraph 10(7) of that Act.
f3: 1984 c. 36.