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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/778",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “MFET Limited” insert—\n““miscarriage of justice compensation payment” means—\n(a) a payment made under section 133(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; or\n(b) any other payment made by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice, for the purpose of compensating a person—\n(i) for a miscarriage of justice in criminal proceedings, or\n(ii) for being wrongfully charged with a criminal offence;”;\n(b) in the definition of “qualifying person” for “or an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” substitute “, an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment”.\n(3) In regulation 42(7A) (notional income) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—\n“;\n(f) a miscarriage of justice compensation payment.”.\n(4) In regulation 46(6) (income treated as capital) after “an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” insert “, a miscarriage of justice compensation payment”.\n(5) In regulation 49(4A) (notional capital) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—\n“;\n(g) a miscarriage of justice compensation payment.”.\n(6) In regulation 74(9) (non-dependant deductions) after sub-paragraph (be) insert—\n“(bf) any miscarriage of justice compensation payment;”.\n(7) In Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 35—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) after paragraph (e) insert—\n“;\n(f) miscarriage of justice compensation payment.”;\n(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) for “or an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” substitute “, an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment”.\n(8) In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 24—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) for “or LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” substitute “, LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment or miscarriage of justice compensation payment”;\n(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) and (6) for “or an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” substitute “, an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/213; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2868, 2008/2767, 2010/641, 2011/2425, 2017/329, 689, 870, 2020/618, 2021/1405, 2023/640, 1144, 2025/44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/778/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:14:09.018696+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}