Regulation 9 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations

In Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations, for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“2

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the value of any premises which would be disregarded under paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations^f1 (premises acquired for occupation, and premises occupied by a partner, a former partner or a relative).

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), paragraph 4 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations shall apply as if for the words “that person is aged 60 or over or is incapacitated” there were substituted the words “that partner or relative is aged 60 or over, is incapacitated or is a child whom the resident is liable to maintain by virtue of section 42(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948^f2 (liability to maintain wife or husband and children)””.