Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002
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4.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002() are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2) of regulation 1 (interpretation)—
(a)in the appropriate places insert—
““Grenfell Tower payment” means a payment made to a person because that person was affected by the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower, or a payment to the personal representative of such a person—
(a)
from the £5 million fund announced on 16th June 2017 for the benefit of certain persons affected by the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower and known as the Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund;
(b)
by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; or
(c)
by a registered charity;”;
““the National Emergencies Trust” means the registered charity of that name (number 1182809) established on 28th March 2019;”;
(b)in the definition of “qualifying person”—
(i)after “means a person in respect of whom” insert “a Grenfell Tower payment has been made or”;
(ii)after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”.
(3) In paragraph 14(8) of Schedule 2 (housing costs)—
(a)in paragraph (b), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”;
(b)after paragraph (b), insert—
“(ba)any Grenfell Tower payment;”.
(4) In Schedule 5 (income from capital)—
(a)in paragraph 15—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”;
(ii)after paragraph (1), insert—
“(1A) Any Grenfell Tower payment or any payment made by the Child Migrants Trust (registered charity number 1171479) under the scheme for former British child migrants.”;
(iii)in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), after “Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers” insert “, or from a Grenfell Tower payment,”;
(iv)in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5), after “Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers,” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower payment,”;
(v)in sub-paragraph (6), after “or deriving from any of the Trusts” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower payment”;
(vi)in sub-paragraph (7), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (1)(f) of paragraph 20, for “council tax.” substitute—
“; council tax;
(g)to rectify, or to compensate for, an error made by an officer of the Department for Work and Pensions which was not caused or materially contributed to by any person outside the Department and which prevented or delayed an assessment of the claimant’s entitlement to contributory employment and support allowance.”;
(c)in paragraph 20A—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for “relevant benefit and has been” substitute “relevant benefit, or to which paragraph 20(1)(g) applies, and which has been”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (2)—
(aa)in paragraph (f), after “paragraph 9(2)” insert “or 9A”; and
(bb)after paragraph (j), insert—
“(k)regulations 10A to 10C of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014;”.