SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10N.I.Capital to be disregarded

Other paymentsN.I.

16.  Any payment made within the last 12 months under Part 8 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (the social fund).N.I.

17.—(1) A payment made within the past 12 months by or on behalf of an authorityN.I.

(a)under Article 18, 34C, 34D, or 35A of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M1, or

(b)under any other enactment in order to meet a person's welfare needs related to old age or disability, other than living expenses.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “living expenses” has the meaning in regulation 66(2).

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2); Articles 34C and 34D were inserted by section 2 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(c.11 (N.I.)) and Article 35A was inserted by section 4 of that Act.

18.—(1) A payment received within the past 12 months by way of arrears of, or compensation for late payment of—N.I.

(a)universal credit,

(b)a benefit abolished by Article 39 of the Order (abolition of benefits), or

(c)a social security benefit which is not included as unearned income under regulation 66(1)(a) or (b).

(2) “Social security benefit” means a benefit under any enactment or statutory provision relating to social security in any part of the United Kingdom [F1and includes armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011].

[F218ZA.  A payment made within the past 12 months of widowed parent’s allowance—N.I.

(a)to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 39A(7) of the Contributions and Benefits Act) who is entitled to a widowed parent’s allowance for a period before the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, and

(b)in respect of any period of time during the period ending with the day before the day the survivor makes the claim for widowed parent’s allowance.]

[F318A   A payment received within the past 12 months by way of local welfare provision including arrears and payments in lieu of local welfare provision.]N.I.

19.  A payment to a person by virtue of being a holder of the Victoria Cross or George Cross.N.I.

[F420.[F5(1) A payment made within the past 12 months of bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) (rate of bereavement support payment) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.]]N.I.

[F6(2) Where bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (bereavement support payment) has been paid within the past 12 months to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 29(6B) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015) in respect of a death occurring before the day the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, any amount of that payment which is—

(a)(i)in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(1) of the Bereavement Support Payment (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (rate of bereavement support payment), and

(ii)paid as a lump sum for more than one monthly recurrence of the day of the month on which their cohabiting partner died;

(b)in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) of the Bereavement Support Payment (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019.]

[F721.  An ex-gratia payment made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to members of the families of the disappeared, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of that payment.N.I.

Textual Amendments

F7Sch. 10 paras. 21, 22 added (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/116), regs. 1(3), 9(19)

22.  A payment made under Article 10 of the Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.]N.I.

Textual Amendments

F7Sch. 10 paras. 21, 22 added (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/116), regs. 1(3), 9(19)

[F823.  Any early years assistance given within the past 12 months in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]N.I.

[F924.  Any funeral expense assistance given within the past 12 months in accordance with section 34 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]N.I.

[F1025.  Any assistance given within the past 12 months in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019.]N.I.

[F1126.  Any winter heating assistance given within the past 12 months in accordance with regulations made under section 30 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]N.I.