Housing benefit and council tax benefit: Disregard of family credit and disability working allowance4

1

In Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for paragraphs 57 and 5812 there is substituted—

57

Where the claimant is entitled to the allowance under regulation 51(1)(bb) of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 199113 (which applies in respect of a person who works for not less than 30 hours a week), any amount of disability working allowance up to the amount specified in Column (2) against paragraph 2A14 of Schedule 5 to those Regulations.

58

Where the claimant is entitled to the credit under regulation 46(1)(aa) of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 198715 (which applies in respect of a person who works for not less than 30 hours a week), any amount of family credit up to the amount specified in Column (2) against paragraph lA16 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations.

2

In Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for paragraphs 56 and 5717 here is substituted—

56

Where the claimant is entitled to the allowance under regulation 51(1)(bb) of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (which applies in respect of a person who works for not less than 30 hours a week), any amount of disability working allowance up to the amount specified in Column (2) against paragraph 2A of Schedule 5 to those Regulations.

57

Where the claimant is entitled to the credit under regulation 46(1)(aa) of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (which applies in respect of a person who works for not less than 30 hours a week), any amount of family credit up to the amount specified in Column (2) against paragraph 1A of Schedule 4 to those Regulations.