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66.—(1) A person's unearned income is any of his income, including income the person is treated as having by virtue of regulation 74 (notional unearned income), falling within the following descriptions—
(a)retirement pension income (see regulation 67) [F1to which the person is entitled, subject to any adjustment to the amount payable in accordance with regulations under section 71 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (overlapping benefits)];
(b)any of the following benefits to which the person is entitled, subject to any adjustment to the amount payable in accordance with regulations under section 71 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 M1 (overlapping benefits)—
(i)jobseeker's allowance,
(ii)employment and support allowance,
(iii)carer's allowance,
F2(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(v)widowed mother's allowance,
(vi)widowed parent's allowance,
(vii)widow's pension,
(viii)maternity allowance, or
(ix)industrial injuries benefit, excluding any increase in that benefit under section 104 or 105 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (increases where constant attendance needed and for exceptionally severe disablement);
(c)any benefit, allowance, or other payment which is paid under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom and is analogous to a benefit mentioned in sub-paragraph (b);
(d)payments made towards the maintenance of the person by his spouse, civil partner, former spouse or former civil partner under a court order or an agreement for maintenance;
[F3(da)foreign state retirement pension;]
(e)student income (see regulation 68);
(f)a payment made under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 which is a substitute for universal credit or is for a person's living expenses;
(g)a payment made by one of the sports councils named in section 23(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 M2 out of sums allocated to it for distribution where the payment is for the person's living expenses;
(h)a payment received under an insurance policy to insure against—
(i)the risk of losing income due to illness, accident or redundancy; F4...
F5(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i)income from an annuity (other than retirement pension income), unless disregarded under regulation 75 (compensation for personal injury);
(j)income from a trust, unless disregarded under regulation 75 (compensation for personal injury) or 76 (special schemes for compensation);
(k)income that is treated as the yield from a person's capital by virtue of regulation 72;
(l)capital that is treated as income by virtue of regulation 46(3) or (4);
[F6(la)PPF periodic payments;]
(m)income that does not fall within sub-paragraphs [F7(a) to (la)] and is taxable under Part 5 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (miscellaneous income) M3.
[F8(2) In this regulation—
(a)in paragraph (1)(da) “foreign state retirement pension” means any pension which is paid under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom and is in the nature of social security;
(b)in paragraph (1)(f) and (g) a person’s “living expenses” are the cost of—
(i)food,
(ii)ordinary clothing or footwear,
(iii)household fuel, rent or other housing costs (including rates),
for the person, their partner and any child or qualifying young person for whom the person is responsible; and
(c)in paragraph (1)(la) “PPF periodic payments” has the meaning given in Article 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 66(1)(a) inserted (8.5.2018) by The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/92), regs. 1(2), 6(12)(a)
F2Reg. 66(1)(b)(iv) omitted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/66), arts. 1(2)(b), 28(3) (with arts. 2, 3)
F3Reg. 66(1)(da) inserted (8.5.2018) by The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/92), regs. 1(2), 6(12)(b)
F4Word in reg. 66(1)(h)(i) omitted (6.4.2018) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/176), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 5(d)(i) (with regs. 18(2), 19, 19A, 20)
F5Reg. 66(1)(h)(ii) omitted (6.4.2018) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/176), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 5(d)(ii) (with regs. 18(2), 19, 19A, 20)
F6Reg. 66(1)(la) inserted (8.5.2018) by The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/92), regs. 1(2), 6(12)(c)
F7Words in reg. 66(1)(m) substituted (8.5.2018) by The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/92), regs. 1(2), 6(12)(d)
F8Reg. 66(2) substituted (8.5.2018) by The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/92), regs. 1(2), 6(12)(e)
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