The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

6.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the appropriate places insert—

““child abuse payment” means a payment from a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of historic institutional child abuse in the United Kingdom;”;

““Windrush payment” means a payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;”;

(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.

(3) In regulation 55(10) (non-dependant deductions), after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—

“(bb) any child abuse payment;

(bc) any Windrush payment;”.

(4) In paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment, Windrush payment”;

(b) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/214. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2006/214.