Regulation 26 Disregard of payments and lump sums for certain purposesI1

A payment of victims' payments or a lump sum is to be disregarded—

In paragraph (1)—

• “criminal injuries compensation” means compensation under a scheme established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 M2 or the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 M3;

• “relevant social security benefit” means any of the following—

  1. (a)

     employment and support allowance under—

     1. (i)

        Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 M4 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 M5 (to remove references to an income-related allowance);

     2. (ii)

        Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 M6 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 5 of Schedule 12, to the Welfare Reform Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 M7 (to remove references to an income related allowance);

  2. (b)

     housing benefit under—

     1. (i)

        Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M8, or

     2. (ii)

        Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 M9;

  3. (c)

     income support under—

     1. (i)

        Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or

     2. (ii)

        Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

  4. (d)

     jobseeker's allowance under—

     1. (i)

        the Jobseekers Act 1995 M10 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (to remove references to an income-based allowance);

     2. (ii)

        the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M11 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (to remove references to an income-based allowance);

  5. (e)

     state pension credit under—

     1. (i)

        section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M12, or

     2. (ii)

        section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 M13;

  6. (f)

     universal credit under—

     1. (i)

        Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or

     2. (ii)

        Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.