PART 3Disregards and exception in relation to Scottish Child Payment

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20067

1

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200610 are amended as follows.

2

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

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any Scottish child payment assistance given in accordance with section 79 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.

3

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

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any Scottish child payment assistance given in accordance with section 79 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.