Amendment of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations
5. In Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations (capital to be disregarded)—
(a)in paragraph 44(1) at the end there shall be added—
“, including any amount of council tax benefit to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation 4D of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (entitlement of a refugee to council tax benefit) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date that such an amount is received pursuant to that regulation”;
(b)after paragraph 47(2) the following paragraphs shall be added—
“48. Any amount of housing benefit to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation 7B (entitlement of a refugee to housing benefit) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date that such an amount is received pursuant to that regulation.
49. Any amount of income support to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation 21A of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (treatment of refugees) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date that such an amount is received pursuant to that regulation.”.
Paragraph 44 was added by regulation 13(c) of S.R. 1993 No. 145
Paragraph 47 was added by regulation 21(c) of S.R. 1996 No. 334