Regulation 2 Disregard for payments from estate

(1)

After each of the following provisions insert the provision in paragraph (2)—

(a)

paragraph 22(5A) of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 (capital to be disregarded);

(b)

paragraph 27(5A) of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f2 (capital to be disregarded);

(c)

paragraph 15(5A) of Schedule 5 to the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002^f3 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income);

(d)

paragraph 24(5A) of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f4 (capital to be disregarded);

(e)

paragraph 16(5A) of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006^f5 (capital to be disregarded generally);

(f)

paragraph 27(5A) of Schedule 9 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008^f6 (capital to be disregarded).

(2)

The provision to be inserted after each of the provisions in paragraph (1) is—

“(5B)

Any payment out of the estate of a person, which derives from a payment made under or by the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme or an approved blood scheme to the estate of the person as a result of that person having been infected from contaminated blood products.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1967; Paragraph 22(5A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/894.
f2: S.I. 1996/207; Paragraph 27(5A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/894.
f3: S.I. 2002/1792; Paragraph 15(5A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/894.
f4: S.I. 2006/213; Paragraph 24(5A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/894.
f5: S.I. 2006/214; Paragraph 16(5A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/894.
f6: S.I. 2008/794; Paragraph 27(5A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/894.