# The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001, Note: 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/19/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2001/note
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