Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2003) by The Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/653), regs. 1, 4 (as amended (6.4.2003 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2003/738) by S.I. 2003/742, regs. 1(1), 56 (with reg. 1(2))
C2Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2003 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2003/738) by The Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/742), regs. 1(1), 3-21 (as amended (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/387, regs. 1, 7)
(1)Every assignment of or charge on a tax credit, and every agreement to assign or charge a tax credit, is void; and, on the bankruptcy of a person entitled to a tax credit, the entitlement to the tax credit does not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.
(2)In the application of subsection (1) to Scotland—
(a)the reference to assignment is to assignation (“assign” being construed accordingly), and
(b)the reference to the bankruptcy of a person is to the sequestration of his estate or the appointment on his estate of a judicial factor under section 41 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46).