7B.—(1) Any loan taken out to adapt a dwelling for the special needs of a disabled person shall be disregarded in determining whether the appropriate amount for the time being specified for the purposes of paragraph 7(6B) is exceeded and an amount in respect of interest payable on such a loan shall be met in accordance with paragraph 8.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a disabled person is a person—
(a)in respect of whom a disability premium, a disabled child premium, a pensioner premium for persons 75 or over or a higher pensioner premium is included in his applicable amount or the applicable amount of a person living with him; or
(b)who is a non-dependant but who, had he in fact been entitled to income support, would have had included in his applicable amount a disability premium, a disabled child premium, a pensioner premium for persons aged 75 or over or a higher pensioner premium.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 paras. 7A, 7B inserted (2.8.1993) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1679), regs. 1(1), 3(3) (with reg. 4)