The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Funeral Expense Assistance and Early Years Assistance) (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2019 No. 1060

PART 3 Disregards in relation to Funeral Expense Assistance (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) and Early Years Assistance (Universal Credit in Northern Ireland)

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

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

(2) In regulation 29 (meaning of “income”), after paragraph (1)(j)(xviic) insert—

“(xviid) funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded generally), after paragraph 21(2)(q) insert—

“(r) funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/214; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2018/1138.