The Income-related Benefits Schemes Amendment Regulations 1990

Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

3.—(1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “the Independent Living Fund” there shall be inserted the following definition–

““the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust” means the trust of that name, established on 29th January 1990 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia;”.

(3) In the following provisions of the Income Support Regulations there shall be inserted the words “, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust” after the words “the Macfarlane Trust”–

(a) regulation 42(4) (notional income);

(b) regulation 48(10)(c) (income treated as capital);

(c) regulation 51(3) (notional capital);

(d) regulation 72(1) (assessment of income and capital in urgent cases);

(e) paragraphs 21(2) and 39 of Schedule 9 (disregard of income other than earnings);

(f) paragraph 22 of Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded).

(4) In paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations the words “or under the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust” shall be added at the end.