Regulation 110 Income treated as capital
Any bounty derived from employment to which paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 applies and paid at intervals of at least one year shall be treated as capital.
Except in the case of an amount to which section 15(2)(c)(i) (refund of tax in trade dispute cases) applies, any amount by way of a refund of income tax deducted from profits or emoluments chargeable to income tax under Schedule D or E shall be treated as capital.
Any holiday pay which is not earnings under regulation 98(1)(c) (earnings of employed earners) shall be treated as capital.
Except any income derived from capital disregarded under paragraphs 1, 2, 4 to 8, 11 F1, 17, 42 or 43 of Schedule 8, any income derived from capital shall be treated as capital but only from the date it is normally due to be credited to the claimant’s account.
Subject to paragraph (6), in the case of employment as an employed earner, any advance of earnings or any loan made by the claimant’s employer shall be treated as capital.
Paragraph (5) shall not apply to a person who is, or would be, prevented from being entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance by section 14 (trade disputes).
F4Any payment made by a local authority which represents arrears of payments under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 F5 (power of a local authority to make contributions to a person with whom a child lives as a result of a residence order) or under section 50 of the Children Act 1975 F6 (contributions to a custodian towards the cost of accommodation and maintenance of a child) F7or any payment, made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, which represents arrears of payments under Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, that Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance), shall be treated as capital.
Any charitable or voluntary payment which is not made or not due to be made at regular intervals, other than one to which paragraph (10) applies, shall be treated as capital.
This paragraph applies to a payment–
which is made to a person who is, or would be, prevented from being entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance by section 14 (trade disputes);
which is a Grenfell Tower payment;
which is a child abuse payment;
which is a Windrush payment; F10...
which is a Post Office compensation payment;
which is an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment;
which is a miscarriage of justice compensation payment;
F14to which regulation 106(2) (modifications in respect of children and young persons) applies; or
which is made under F15or by the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No.2) Trust, the Fund, the Eileen Trust F16, MFET Limited F17, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation F18, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme F19, an approved blood scheme F20, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund F21, the National Emergencies Trust F22, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme or the Independent Living F23Fund (2006).
Any arrears of subsistence allowance which are paid to a claimant as a lump sum shall be treated as capital.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 110(4) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2378), reg. 13(6)
- F2
1952 c.52; section 30 was substituted by section 66(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c.80).
- F3
- F4
Reg. 110(8) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(6)(7)(8) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 2 para. 12
- F5
- F6
- F7
Words in reg. 110(8) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/563), regs. 1, 14(2)
- F8
Reg. 110(10)(ab) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 3(4)(a)
- F9
Reg. 110(10)(ac)(ad) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1405), regs. 1, 3(4)(b)
- F10
Word in reg. 110(10)(ad) omitted (9.7.2023) by virtue of The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/640), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(a)
- F11
Reg. 110(10)(ae) inserted (9.7.2023) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/640), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(b)
- F12
Reg. 110(10)(af) inserted (28.2.2025) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/44), regs. 1(1), 3(4)
- F13
Reg. 110(10)(ag) inserted (22.7.2025) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/778), regs. 1(1), 3(4)
- F14
Reg. 110(10)(b) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(6)(7)(8) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 2 para. 12
- F15
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 4(8)(b)
- F16
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(c)
- F17
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 10(9)
- F18
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (3.4.2017) by The Social Security (Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/329), regs. 1, 4(3)(b)
- F19
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (23.10.2017) by The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/870), regs. 1, 3(3)(b)
- F20
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (19.6.2017) by The Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/689), regs. 1, 3(3)(b)
- F21
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 3(4)(b)
- F22
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) inserted (27.10.2023) by The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence, and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1144), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)
- F23
Words in reg. 110(10)(c) substituted (17.11.2008) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.6) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2767), regs. 1(2), 4(7)(a)
- F24
Reg. 110(11) added (3.4.2000) by The Social Security Amendment (Employment Zones) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/724), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(d)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision: it is cited because it contains powers exercised in these Regulations in the definitions of “employment", “jobseeker's period", “pensionable age", “pensionable payments", “training" and “work" and because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed" and “regulations".
- F3
1992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
- F4
1992 c.4; sections 171D and 171G(2) were inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 6(1) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
- F5
See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).