# The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/19 · made 8 January 2001

These Regulations amend the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) (“the Family Credit Regulations”) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887) (“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations”).

Made under: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Section 136, Section 137, Section 175); Tax Credits Act 1999 (repealed) (Section 2, Schedule 2 paragraph 1, Schedule 2 paragraph 20)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2001/pdf/uksi_20010019_en.pdf

## Introductory text

SOCIAL SECURITY
TAXES
Made 8th January 2001
Laid before Parliament 9th January 2001
Coming into force 30th January 2001
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, and section 2(1)(a) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1(g) and 20(a) of Schedule 2 to, the Tax Credits Act 1999, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 30th January 2001.
(2) In these Regulations—
“award periods” means award periods of disabled person’s tax credit or, as the case may be, working families' tax credit;
“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations1991;
“the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987.

## 2 Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations

Amend the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations as follows.

## 3 Income to be disregarded

(1) Amend Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“Schedule 3”) and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 2”) as follows.
(2) Add as paragraph 68 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 70 of Schedule 2 the following paragraph—
“£15 of any—
(a) widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b) widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.
(3) This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 10th April 2001.

## 4 Capital to be disregarded

(1) Amend Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“Schedule 4”) and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 3”) as follows.
(2) Add as paragraph 64 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 65 of Schedule 3 the following paragraph—
“Any payment of £10,000 made by the Secretary of State to the claimant as a person who was held prisoner by the Japanese during World War Two or as the spouse of such a person.”.
(3) This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 30th January 2001.

## Signature

Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th January 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) (“the Family Credit Regulations”) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887) (“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations”).
Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and interpretation, and regulation 2 introduces the amendments.
Regulation 3 amends Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (income to be disregarded) so as to add the sum of £15 of any widowed mother’s allowance or widowed parent’s allowance to the categories of income to be disregarded.
Regulation 4 amends Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations and Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (capital to be disregarded) so as to add payments of £10,000 made by the Secretary of State for Social Security to persons who were held prisoner by the Japanese during World War Two or to the spouses of such persons.

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