5.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 37(2) (earnings of self-employed earners)—
(a)for “26 or 27” substitute “26, 27 or 27A”;
(b)for “and payments” substitute “, payments”;
(c)after “claimant’s care” insert “and any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance)”.
(3) After paragraph 27 of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) insert—
“27A. Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.
(4) At the end of Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of capital) insert—
“64. Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.
S.I. 2006/213. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2017/870.