Regulation 5 Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

(1)

The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 37(2) (earnings of self-employed earners)—

(a)

for “26 or 27” substitute “26, 27 or 27A”;

(b)

for “and payments” substitute “, payments”;

(c)

after “claimant’s care” insert “and any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance)”.

(3)

After paragraph 27 of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) insert—

“27A.

Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

(4)

At the end of Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of capital) insert—

“64.

Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2006/213. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2017/870.