Regulation 5 Amendment of regulation 6(1) of the Resources Regulations

In regulation 6(1) of the Resources Regulations (capital resources to be disregarded) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

“(m)

any payment made by a local authority pursuant to section 34(6) or, as the case may be, section 50 of the Children Act 1975^f1 (custodianship payments), other than a payment to which regulation 3(2)(i) applies, which is—

(i)

a commutation of periodical payments for maintenance in respect of a past period; or

(ii)

a payment which if it were income would be disregarded by virtue of regulation 11(4)(j);

(n)

for a period not exceeding 12 months from the date of receipt, any concessionary payment which is in respect of arrears of—

(i)

attendance or mobility allowance under the Social Security Act,

(ii)

supplementary benefit,

(iii)

housing benefit.”.