The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2010

Amendments to the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

10.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 21(8)(k)(2) (treatment of child care charges)—

(a)after “by a foster parent” insert “or kinship carer”;

(b)for “Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996” substitute “Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009”;

(c)after “is fostering” insert “or kinship carer is looking after”.

(3) For regulation 28(2)(b)(ii) (earnings of self-employed earners), substitute—

(ii)with whom a local authority foster a child under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 or who is a kinship carer under those Regulations;.

(2)

Inserted by S.I. 2009/1848.