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68.—[F1(1)] Any amount by way of a refund of tax deducted from a student's income shall be treated as capital.
[F1(2) An amount paid from access funds as a single lump sum shall be treated as capital.
(3) An amount paid from access funds as a single lump sum which is intended and used for an item other than food, ordinary clothing or footwear F2..., household fuel, rent for which housing benefit is payable [F3or any housing costs] to the extent that they are met under regulation 17(1)(e) or 18(1)(f) (housing costs) F4..., of a single claimant or, as the case may be, of [F5any other member of his family][F5his partner], or which is used for an item other than any council tax or water charges for which that claimant or [F6member is liable][F6partner is liable] shall be disregarded as capital but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the payment.]
[F7(4) In paragraph (3) “ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but it does not include—
(a)school uniforms, or
(b)clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg 68 renumbered as reg. 68(1) and reg. 68(2)(3) added (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(b)(i)(ii) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Amendment (Students and Income-related Benefits) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1922), regs. 1, 2(7)
F2Words in reg. 68(3) omitted (2.4.2007) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/719), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(a)
F3Words in reg. 68(3) substituted (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. I para. 11(a)
F4Words in reg. 68(3) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 1 para. 11(b)
F5Words in reg. 68(3) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 1 para. 17(a)
F6Words in reg. 68(3) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 1 para. 17(a)
F7Reg. 68(4) inserted (2.4.2007) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/719), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 68 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1
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