Amendment of the Income Support RegulationsE+W+S
6.—(1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 55 (treatment of liable relative payments) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation 55A and".
(3) After regulation 55 there shall be inserted the following regulation—
“ Disregard of payments treated as not relevant income
55A. Where the Secretary of State treats any payment as not being relevant income for the purposes of section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State), that payment shall be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s income.”.
(4) In regulation 60B (treatment of child support maintenance) M1 at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation 60E,".
(5) After regulation 60D there shall be inserted the following regulation—
“ Disregard of payments treated as not relevant income
60E. Where the Secretary of State treats any payment of child support maintenance as not being relevant income for the purposes of section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (payment of benefit where maintenance payments collected by Secretary of State), that payment shall be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s income.”.
Marginal Citations
M1Regulations 60A to 60D were inserted by S.I. 1993/846.