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Regulation 4 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “the Children Order” insert—

  • ““Church of England Redress payment” means a payment by the scheme administered by the redress body under the Abuse Redress Measure 2025;”;

(b)

in the definition of “qualifying person” for “or a Mother and Baby Scheme payment” substitute “, a Mother and Baby Scheme payment or a Church of England Redress payment”.

(3)

In regulation 55(10) (non-dependant deductions) after sub-paragraph (bg) insert—

“(bh)

any Church of England Redress payment;”.

(4)

In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 16—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Mother and Baby Scheme payment” insert “, Church of England Redress payment”;

(b)

in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) and (6) for “or a Mother and Baby Scheme payment” substitute “, a Mother and Baby Scheme payment or a Church of England Redress payment”.

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2006/214; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2869, 2010/641, 2011/2425, 2017/329, 689, 870, 2020/618, 2021/1405, 2023/640, 1144, 2025/44, 778, and 2026/1063.