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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 No. 652
15.—(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 for paragraph 4 substitute—
“4. A person who is in receipt of universal credit, and is not in work or is self-employed, and—
(a)is in receipt of the limited capability for work element, with or without a work-related activity element;
(b)is in receipt of the disabled child element; or
(c)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of 5 who ordinarily resides with that person.
5. A person who is receiving child tax credit by virtue of an award which is based on an annual income not exceeding £16,190, and—
(a)is in receipt of a qualifying component falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “qualifying component” in Part 3; or
(b)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of 5 who ordinarily resides with that person.”.
(2) In Part 3 of Schedule 2, in the appropriate places insert—
““annual income” means the income for the tax year calculated in accordance with the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002(1);”,
““child tax credit” has the meaning given in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(2);”,
““parental responsibility” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 1989(3);”,
““universal credit” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(4).”.
S.I. 2002/2006, as amended by S.I.s 2003/732, 2003/2815, 2004/762, 2005/2919, 2006/745, 2006/766, 2007/824, 2007/1305, 2007/2538, 2008/604, 2008/1879, 2008/2169, 2009/697, 2009/2887, 2010/751, 2010/2494, 2010/2914, 2011/721, 2012/848, 2013/235, 2013/386, 2013/388, 2013/591, 2013/630, 2014/513 and 2014/658.
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