Regulation 5 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations

In Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (capital to be disregarded), after paragraph 22^f1 insert–

“23.

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment made by a local authority under section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to or on behalf of the resident.

(2)

Where the payment or, as the case may be, any proportion of it is made to meet or contribute towards the costs of that resident’s residential accommodation, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to that payment or, as the case may be, to the proportion of it.”.