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The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

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11.—(1) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, made to the claimant by Trustees in exercise of a discretion exercisable by them.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to payments made to the claimant by Trustees in exercise of a discretion exercisable by them for the purpose of—

(a)obtaining food, ordinary clothing or footwear or household fuel;

(b)the payment of rent, council tax or water charges for which that claimant or his partner is liable;

(c)meeting housing costs of a kind specified in Schedule 2;

F1(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In a case to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, £20 or—

(a)if the payment is less than £20, the whole payment; or

(b)if, in the claimant’s case, £10 is disregarded in accordance with paragraph 1(a) to (f), [F2or paragraph 7 [F3or 7A]] £10 or the whole payment if it is less than £10.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—

“ordinary clothing and footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing and footwear used solely for sporting activities; and

“rent” means eligible rent for the purposes of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 M1 less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 63 (non-dependant deductions) of those Regulations.

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