The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Common amendments relating to interpretation

2.  In regulation 2(1) of each of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Income Support Regulations, in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations—

(a) in the definition of “qualifying person”(1) for the words “or the Eileen Trust” there shall be substituted “, the Eileen Trust or the Skipton Fund”;

(b) immediately after the definitions of—

(i) in the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, “the Independent Living (1993) Fund”;

(ii) in the Income Support Regulations and the Housing Benefit Regulations, “the Macfarlane Trust”;

(iii) in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, “single claimant”; and

(iv) in the State Pension Credit Regulations, “qualifying person”,

there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the Skipton Fund” means the ex-gratia payment scheme administered by the Skipton Fund Limited, incorporated on 25th March 2004, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with the scheme’s provisions;”.

(1)

The definition of “qualifying person” was inserted into S.I. 1987/1967 and 1987/1971 by S.I. 1992/1101. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1993/1249.