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- reg. 15(1)(qd) inserted by S.I. 2025/201 reg. 11(2)
- reg. 17A(2)(id) inserted by S.I. 2025/201 reg. 11(3)
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- reg. 15(1)(qd) inserted by S.I. 2025/201 reg. 11(2)
- reg. 17A(2)(id) inserted by S.I. 2025/201 reg. 11(3)
1. In addition to any sum which falls to be disregarded in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 6, £10 of any of the following, namely—
(a)a war disablement pension (except insofar as such a pension falls to be disregarded under paragraph 2 or 3);
(b)a war widow’s or war widower’s pension;
[F1(ba)unless paragraph 1(a) or (b) applies, any payment described in regulation 15(5)(ac) (except insofar as such a payment falls to be disregarded under paragraph 2 or 3);]
(c)a pension payable to a person as a [F2widow, widower or surviving civil partner] under F3... any power of Her Majesty otherwise than under an enactment to make provision about pensions for or in respect of persons who have been disabled or have died in consequence of service as members of the armed forces of the Crown;
[F4(cc)a guaranteed income payment [F5and, if the amount of that payment has been abated to less than £10 by a [F6pension or payment falling within article 31(1)(a) or (b) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005], so much of [F7that pension or payment] as would not, in aggregate with the amount of [F8any] guaranteed income payment disregarded, exceed £10];]
(d)a payment made to compensate for the non-payment of such a pension [F9or payment] as is mentioned in any of the preceding sub-paragraphs;
(e)a pension paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain which is analogous to any of the [F10pensions or payments mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (cc) above];
[F11(f)a pension paid by a government to victims of National Socialist persecution.]
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F1Sch. IV para. 1(ba) inserted (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 4(5)(a)
F2Words in Sch. IV para. 1(c) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2877), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 35(4)(a) (with art. 3)
F3Words in Sch. IV para. 1(c) omitted (5.1.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 4(5)(b)
F4Sch. IV para. 1(cc) inserted (4.4.2005) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/574), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(a)(8)(d)
F5Words in Sch. IV para. 1(cc) inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(c)
F6Words in Sch. IV para. 1(cc) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(5)(a)
F7Words in Sch. IV para. 1(cc) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(5)(b)
F8Word in Sch. IV para. 1(cc) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(5)(c)
F9Words in Sch. IV para. 1(d) inserted (4.4.2005) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/574), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(b)(8)(d)
F10Words in Sch. IV para. 1(e) substituted (4.4.2005) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/574), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(c)(8)(d)
F11Sch. IV para. 1(f) substituted (20.3.2017) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/174), regs. 1, 4(3)
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