{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-disregards-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Capital Disregards) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-disregards-regulations-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I.1996/207), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1971) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992/1814).\nIn particular, regulation 2 provides that ex-gratia payments of £10,000 made on or after 1st February 2001 by the Secretary of State in consequence of a person’s imprisonment or internment by the Japanese during the Second World War, shall be disregarded as capital when ascertaining entitlement to those benefits.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/22/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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