Article 9 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

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

In regulation 29 (meaning of “income”), after paragraph (1)(j)(xviib) insert—

“(xviic)

early years assistance given in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.

In Part 1 of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded generally), after paragraph 21(2)(p) insert—

“(q)

early years assistance given in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.