# The Social Security (Infected Blood Capital Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends—
the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967),
the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207),
the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792),
the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213),
the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), and
the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794).
A new sub-paragraph is inserted after each of the provisions cited in regulation 2(1) of these Regulations, which will enable certain payments from an estate of a deceased infected person to be disregarded. A payment paid from such an estate which is derived from a payment made from an approved blood scheme, or the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme to the estate of the person for having been infected from contaminated blood products will be disregarded.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/964/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-infected-blood-capital-disregard-amendment-regulations-2024/note
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