Amendment of the Income Regulations
16.—(1) Amend regulation 19 (general disregards in the calculation of income) as follows.
(2) In Table 6 (sums disregarded in the calculation of income)—
(a)in item 3 (mandatory top up payments under the New Deal)—
(i)in paragraph (a) after “Employment Act” insert “or section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950”; and
(ii)at the end of the item add—
“This item applies only to the extent that the payment is not taxable as a profit of a trade, profession or vocation.”;
(b)omit item 7 (monies accumulated to assist in pursuit of self-employment); and
(c)in item 11 (payments in respect of adoption or maintenance of children) after paragraph (b) insert—
“(bb)by a local authority by way of special guardianship support services pursuant to regulations under section 14F(1)(b) of the Children Act 1989 (1); or”.
(3) In Table 7 (sums disregarded in calculating income if conditions are satisfied)—
(a)in the heading to the second column for “Condition” substitute “Conditions”; and
(b)at the end of the entry in the second column in respect of item 2 (disregard of certain training payments) add—
“The payment is not taxable as a profit of a trade, profession or vocation.”.
1989 c. 41: section 14F was inserted by section 115 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38). Section 14F(2) provides that the power to make regulations under section 14F(1)(b) is to be exercised so as to secure that local authorities provide financial support.