Income support, jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit: capital disregard2.

There shall be added as—

(a)

paragraph 61 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 (capital to be disregarded);

(b)

paragraph 56 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M2;

(c)

F1paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992M3;

(d)

F1paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987M4,

the following paragraph—

“Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by the Secretary of State on or after 1st February 2001 in consequence of the imprisonment or internment of—

(a)

the claimant;

(b)

the claimant’s partner;

(c)

the claimant’s deceased spouse; or

(d)

the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse,

by the Japanese during the Second World War, £10,000.”.