# The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006


(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in the appropriate places insert—
““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;”;
““Windrush payment” means a payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;”;
(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.
(3) In regulation 42(7A) (notional income), for “a payment of income which is a Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—
“any of the following payments of income—
(a) a Grenfell Tower payment;
(b) a child abuse payment;
(c) a Windrush payment.”.
(4) In regulation 46(6) (income treated as capital), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment, a Windrush payment”.
(5) In regulation 49(4A) (notional capital), for “a payment of capital which is a Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—
“any of the following payments of capital—
(a) a Grenfell Tower payment;
(b) a child abuse payment;
(c) a Windrush payment.”.
(6) In regulation 74(9) (non-dependant deductions), after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—
“(bb) any child abuse payment;
(bc) any Windrush payment;”.
(7) In paragraph 35 of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (1A) substitute—
“(1A) Any—
(a) Grenfell Tower payment;
(b) child abuse payment;
(c) Windrush payment.”.
(b) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.
(8) In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in paragraph 24—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment, Windrush payment”;
(ii) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”;
(b) in paragraph 34, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment or Windrush payment”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1405/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-and-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-5
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