Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations in relation to income and capital disregards4

1

The Housing Benefit Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In regulation 46(1)21 (interpretation), in the definition of “grant” after “a payment from access funds” there shall be added “or any payment to which paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 or paragraph 58 of Schedule 5 applies”.

3

For paragraph 10 of Schedule 422 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

10

1

Any payment by way of an education maintenance allowance made pursuant to Article 50 or 51 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (provisions of awards by boards).

2

Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1) applies, made pursuant to Article 50 or 51 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 198623 (provision of awards by Department), in respect of a course of study attended by a child or a young person or a person who is in receipt of an education maintenance allowance made pursuant to any provision specified in sub-paragraph (1).

4

For paragraph 58 of Schedule 524 (capital to be disregarded), there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

58

1

Any payment by way of an education maintenance allowance made pursuant to Article 50 or 51 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

2

Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1) applies, made pursuant to Article 50 or 51 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in respect of a course of study attended by a child or a young person or a person who is in receipt of an education maintenance allowance made pursuant to any provision specified in sub-paragraph (1).