The Social Security Amendment (Capital Disregards) Regulations 2001

Income support, jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit: capital disregard

2.  There shall be added as—

(a) paragraph 61 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 (capital to be disregarded);

(b) paragraph 56 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M2 ;

(c) [F1 paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992M3 ;]

(d) [F1 paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987M4 ,]

the following paragraph—

“Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by the Secretary of State on or after 1st February 2001 in consequence of the imprisonment or internment of—

(a) the claimant;

(b) the claimant’s partner;

(c) the claimant’s deceased spouse; or

(d) the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse,

by the Japanese during the Second World War, £10,000.”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 2(c)(d) revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1987/1967; paragraph 60 was added by S.I. 2000/637.

M2 S.I. 1996/207; paragraph 55 was added by S.I. 2000/637.

M3 S.I. 1992/1814; paragraph 62 was added by S.I. 2000/724.

M4 S.I. 1987/1971; paragraph 63 was added by S.I. 2000/637.