The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002

8.  In computing the amount of capital of the person concerned, there shall be wholly disregarded–S

[F1(a)any Welfare Fund payment;]

(b)a back to work bonus (payable under the Jobseekers Act 1995);

(c)any payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 or [F2as a direct payment as defined in section 4(2) of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013];

[F3(d)any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;

(e)any Windrush connected payment;

(f)any Scottish child payment;]

[F4(g)any payment made under Part 4 of the 2021 Act (financial redress for historical child abuse), or any relevant payment made or due to be made prior to the date of commencement of the redress scheme;]

[F5(h)any payment made under the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme;

(i)any additional payment made under [F6either the 2022 Act or the 2023 Act, at any time since the coming into force of those Acts];

(j)any temporary additional amount to the social fund winter fuel payment paid by virtue of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2022 [F7or the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023];]

[F8(k)any carer support payment;]

[F9(l)any [F10carer’s allowance paid under section 70 of the 1992 Act or] carer’s allowance supplement paid under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;

(m)any payment made by way of an allowance known as a care experienced students bursary paid under regulation 3(1) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022;]

[F11(n)any human trafficking or exploitation victim payment,

(o)any miscarriage of justice payment,

(p)any Grenfell Tower payment,

(q)any payment made under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.]

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