Regulation 15 Income for the purposes of the ActI1

disability living allowance;

armed forces independence payment;

attendance allowance payable under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

an increase of disablement pension under section 104 or 105 of that Act;

a payment under regulations made in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 4(2)(b) of Part II of Schedule 8 to that Act^f1;

an increase of an allowance payable in respect of constant attendance under paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 8 to that Act;

any child special allowance payable under section 56 of that Act;

any guardian’s allowance payable under section 77 of that Act;

any increase for a dependant, other than the claimant’s partner, payable in accordance with Part IV of that Act;

any social fund payment made under Part VIII of that Act;

child benefit payable in accordance with Part IX of that Act;

Christmas bonus payable under Part X of that Act;

housing benefit;

bereavement payment^f2;

statutory sick pay;

statutory maternity pay;

F3... statutory paternity pay payable under Part XIIZA of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

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statutory adoption pay payable under Part XIIZB of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f3;

any benefit similar to those mentioned in the preceding provisions of this paragraph payable under legislation having effect in Great Britain.

all foreign social security benefits which are similar to the social security benefits prescribed under paragraph (1), and

any foreign state retirement pension.

the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979^f4;

regulation 2 of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;

section 30DD (incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments) or section 30E (incapacity benefit: rate) of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f5.

section 3 of the Welfare Reform Act (deductions from contributory allowance).

a payment made under—

a guaranteed income payment;

a payment made under Article 21(1)(c) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 F11in any case where Article 23(2)(c) applies ;

any retired pay, pension or allowance granted in respect of disablement or any pension or allowance granted to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner in respect of a death due to service or war injury under an instrument specified in section 639(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 where such payment does not fall within paragraph (a) of the definition of “war disablement pension” in section 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 or, in respect of any retired pay or pension granted in respect of disablement, where such payment does not fall within paragraph (b) of that definition;

a pension paid to victims of National Socialist persecution under any special provision made by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, or any part of it, or of the Republic of Austria;

payments under a scheme made under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979^f6;

payments made towards the maintenance of the claimant by his spouse F13, civil partner, former spouse or former civil partner or towards the maintenance of the claimant’s partner by his spouse , civil partner, former spouse or former civil partner, including payments made –

payments due from any person in respect of board and lodging accommodation provided by the claimantF14...;

royalties or other sums paid as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright, design, patent or trade mark;

any payment in respect of any—

any income in lieu of that specified in –

any payment of rent made to a claimant who –

any payment made at regular intervals under an equity release scheme.

PPF periodic payments.

£1 for each £500 in excess of £10,000; and

£1 for any excess which is not a complete £500.