SCHEDULE 6Capital to be disregarded
F114A
1
Any payment made to the claimant or the claimant’s partner in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant or, as the case may be, the claimant’s partner.
2
But sub-paragraph (1)—
a
applies only for the period of 52 weeks beginning with the day on which the claimant first receives any payment in consequence of that personal injury;
b
does not apply to any subsequent payment made to him in consequence of that injury (whether it is made by the same person or another);
c
ceases to apply to the payment or any part of the payment from the day on which the claimant no longer possesses it;
d
does not apply to any payment from a trust where the funds of the trust are derived from a payment made in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant.
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(c), the circumstances in which a claimant no longer possesses a payment or a part of it include where the claimant has used a payment or part of it to purchase an asset.
4
References in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) to the claimant are to be construed as including references to his partner (where applicable).