PART 2 Income for the purposes of tax credits

CHAPTER 5 Social Security Income

Social security income7

1

The claimant’s social security income is the total amount payable—

a

under any provision of the Social Security Act 1988 M1, the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Jobseekers Act 1995 M2 or under section 69 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 M3;

b

under any provision of the Act;

c

by the Secretary of State in respect of the non-payment of a payment which ought to have been made under a provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); and

d

by way of an ex gratia payment made by the Secretary of State, or in Northern Ireland by the Department for Social Development, in connection with a benefit, pension or allowance under the Contributions and Benefits Act.