{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1405",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2021",
  "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 (interpretation)—\n(a) in the appropriate places insert—\n““child abuse payment” means a payment from a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of historic institutional child abuse in the United Kingdom;”;\n““Windrush payment” means a payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;”;\n(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.\n(3) In regulation 42(7A) (notional income), for “a payment of income which is a Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—\n“any of the following payments of income—\n(a) a Grenfell Tower payment;\n(b) a child abuse payment;\n(c) a Windrush payment.”.\n(4) In regulation 46(6) (income treated as capital), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment, a Windrush payment”.\n(5) In regulation 49(4A) (notional capital), for “a payment of capital which is a Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—\n“any of the following payments of capital—\n(a) a Grenfell Tower payment;\n(b) a child abuse payment;\n(c) a Windrush payment.”.\n(6) In regulation 74(9) (non-dependant deductions), after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—\n“(bb) any child abuse payment;\n(bc) any Windrush payment;”.\n(7) In paragraph 35 of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (1A) substitute—\n“(1A) Any—\n(a) Grenfell Tower payment;\n(b) child abuse payment;\n(c) Windrush payment.”.\n(b) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.\n(8) In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded)—\n(a) in paragraph 24—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment, Windrush payment”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”;\n(b) in paragraph 34, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment or Windrush payment”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/213. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2020/618."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1405/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:06:02.857886+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."
}