Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887) and the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973). The amendments have effect in relation to award periods of working families' tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit commencing on or after 10th April 2001.

Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and effect and regulation 2 for interpretation.

Regulation 3 introduces regulations 4 to 9.

Regulation 4 amends the definition of “training allowance” in the Regulations to take account of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21).

Regulation 5 updates a cross reference in regulation 8 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 6 of the Family Credit Regulations (membership of a family).

Regulation 6 amends Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (income to be disregarded) so as to add payments under Government training courses for self-employed persons.

Regulation 7 introduces regulations 8 and 9.

Regulation 8 amends Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations (capital to be disregarded) so as to add payments under a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Regulation 9 further amends Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations so as to add ex-gratia payments by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the families of victims of violence.