PART 3 Disability assistance: England and Wales, and Scotland

Disability assistance: capital and income disregards

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

12.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 81 insert—

“82.   Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.

(3) In Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 12(1)(a), for “80 or 81” substitute “80, 81 or 82”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060, S.I. 2019/1314, S.I. 2020/482 and S.I. 2020/989.