{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1063",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “miscarriage of justice compensation payment” insert—\n““Mother and Baby Scheme payment” means a payment under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme established by the Irish Government under section 5 of the Irish Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023;”;\n(b) in the definition of “qualifying person” for “or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment” substitute “, a miscarriage of justice compensation payment or a Mother and Baby Scheme payment”.\n(3) In regulation 42(7A) (notional income) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—\n“;\n(g) a Mother and Baby Scheme payment.”.\n(4) In regulation 46(6) (income treated as capital) after “a miscarriage of justice compensation payment” insert “, a Mother and Baby Scheme payment”.\n(5) In regulation 49(4A) (notional capital) after sub-paragraph (g) insert—\n“;\n(h) a Mother and Baby Scheme payment.”.\n(6) In regulation 74(9) (non-dependant deductions) after sub-paragraph (bf) insert—\n“(bg) any Mother and Baby Scheme payment;”.\n(7) In Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 35—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) after paragraph (f) insert—\n“;\n(g) Mother and Baby Scheme payment.”;\n(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) for “or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment” substitute “, a miscarriage of justice compensation payment or a Mother and Baby Scheme payment”.\n(8) In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 24—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) for “or miscarriage of justice compensation payment” substitute “, miscarriage of justice compensation payment, Mother and Baby Scheme payment”;\n(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) and (6) for “or a miscarriage of justice compensation payment” substitute “, a miscarriage of justice compensation payment or a Mother and Baby Scheme payment”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/213; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2868, 2008/2767, 2010/641, 2011/2425, 2017/329, 689, 870, 2020/618, 2021/1405, 2023/640, 1144, 2025/44, 778."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1063/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:54:16.441436+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."
}