Paragraph 19

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 5 para. 15(1A) words substituted by Social Security 2026 reg. 3(5)(a)
Sch. 5 para. 15(1A) words inserted by Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)
Sch. 5 para. 15(2)-(5) words substituted by Social Security 2026 reg. 3(5)(b)
Sch. 5 para. 15(2)-(5) words substituted by Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) 2026 reg. 2(4)(b)
Sch. 5 para. 15(6) words substituted by Social Security 2026 reg. 3(5)(b)
Sch. 5 para. 15(6) words substituted by Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) 2026 reg. 2(4)(b)

So much of any amounts paid to the claimant or deposited in the claimant’s name for the sole purpose of—

(a)

purchasing premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home; or

(b)

effecting essential repairs or alterations to the premises occupied or intended to be occupied by the claimant as his home.