SCHEDULE 5E+W+SSums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

25.—(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a person who is a member of his family—E+W+S

(a)pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 M1 or [F1in accordance] with a scheme approved by the Scottish Ministers under [F2section 51A] of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 M2 (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters) [F3or in accordance with a scheme made under section 71 (adoption allowance schemes) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;]

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(ba)which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order) or in Scotland section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (payments towards maintenance of children);]

(c)which is a payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, in pursuance of Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, that Order (contribution by an authority to child's maintenance);

(d)in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 14F of the Children Act 1989 M3 (special guardianship support services).

F6...

(2) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, made pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

F7(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(1) omitted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2449), regs. 1(3), 2(10)(a)

F7Sch. 5 para. 25(3) omitted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2449), regs. 1(3), 2(10)(b)

Marginal Citations

M31989 c. 41; section 14F was inserted by the Adoption and Children Act 2002.