# The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1991, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Family Credit Regulations


In Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)–
(a) in paragraph 13, for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–
“(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a payment which is made or due to be made by–
(a) a former partner of the claimant, or a former partner of any member of the claimant’s family; or
(b) the parent of a child or young person where that child or young person is a member of the claimant’s family.”;
(b) after paragraph 46 there shall be added the following paragraph–
“
47 (1) £15 of any payment of maintenance, whether under a court order or not, which is made or due to be made by–
(a) the claimant’s former partner, or the claimant’s partner’s former partner; or
(b) the parent of a child or young person where that child or young person is a member of the claimant’s family except where that parent is the claimant or the claimant’s partner.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), where more than one maintenance payment falls to be taken into account in any week, all such payments shall be aggregated and treated as if they were a single payment.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2695/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-3
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