PART 5Payments

Exclusion of payments from benefit recovery schemes27.

(1)

In regulation 2(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Regulations 1997 M1 (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (p) insert—

“(q)

any payment of victims' payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020.”.

(2)

In regulation 2(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 M2 (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (q) insert—

“(r)

any payment of victims' payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020.”.

(3)

In regulation 7(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 M3 (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (m) insert—

“(n)

any payment of victims' payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020.”.

(4)

In regulation 7(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 M4 (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (n) insert—

“(o)

any payment of victims' payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020.”.