26.—(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a person who is a member of his family—
(a)pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 M1 or in accordance or with a scheme approved by the Scottish Ministers under section 51 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 M2 (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);
(b)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 M3 (local authority contribution to a child's maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order) or, as the case may be, section 50 of the Children Act 1975 M4 (payment 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 M5 (special guardianship support services);
to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (3).
(2) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, made to the claimant pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
(3) In the case of a child or young person, so much of the weekly amount of the payment as exceeds the amount included under Schedule 1 in the calculation of the claimant's applicable amount for that child or young person by way of the personal allowance and disabled child premium, if any.
Marginal Citations
M5Section 14F was inserted by the Adoption and Children Act 2002.