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Persons not excluded from specified benefits under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999U.K.

2.—(1) For the purposes of entitlement to income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income support, a social fund payment, housing benefit F1...under the Contributions and Benefits Act [F2income-related employment and support allowance,] [F3or state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002], as the case may be, a person falling within a category or description of persons specified in Part I of the Schedule is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.

[F4(1A)  For the purposes of entitlement to universal credit, a person falling within a category or description of persons specified in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Part I of the Schedule is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply. ]

(2) For the purposes of entitlement to attendance allowance, severe disablement allowance, [F5carer’s allowance], disability living allowance, a social fund payment[F6, health in pregnancy grant] or child benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act [F7or personal independence payment], as the case may be, a person falling within a category or description of persons specified in Part II of the Schedule is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.

(3) For the purposes of entitlement to child benefit, attendance allowance or disability living allowance under the Contributions and Benefits Act [F8or personal independence payment], as the case may be, a person in respect of whom there is an Order in Council made under section 179 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 giving effect to a reciprocal agreement in respect of one of those benefits, as the case may be, is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.

(4) For the purposes of entitlement to–

(a)income support, a social fund payment, housing benefit F9... under the Contributions and Benefits Act, [F10or income-related employment and support allowance,] as the case may be, a person who is entitled to or is receiving benefit by virtue of paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 12 of the Persons from Abroad Regulations is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply;

(b)attendance allowance, disability living allowance, [F5carer’s allowance], severe disablement allowance, a social fund payment or child benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act, as the case may be, a person who is entitled to or is receiving benefit by virtue of paragraph (10) of regulation 12 is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.

[F11(c)state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002, a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) would have applied but for the fact that they have attained the qualifying age for the purposes of state pension credit, is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.]

[F12(5) For the purposes of entitlement to [F13universal credit,] income support, a jobseeker’s allowance [F14an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995], an employment and support allowance [F15income-related] or a social fund payment under the Contributions and Benefits Act, as the case may be, a person who is an asylum seeker within the meaning of paragraph (4) of regulation 12 who has not ceased to be an asylum seeker by virtue of paragraph (5) of that regulation is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.]

(6) For the purposes of entitlement to housing benefit F16... or a social fund payment under the Contributions and Benefits Act, as the case may be, a person to whom regulation 12(6) applies is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.

[F17(7) For the purposes of entitlement to state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002, a person to whom paragraph (5) would have applied but for the fact that they have attained the qualifying age for the purposes of state pension credit, is a person to whom section 115 of the Act does not apply.

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Textual Amendments

F12Reg. 2(5) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.5) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3228), reg. 3(5)(a)