PART 3 Disregards and exception in relation to Scottish Child Payment

Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

8.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 71 insert—

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

(3) In Schedule 9 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 11(1)(a), for “8, 10, 11 or 66 of Schedule 8” substitute “8, 10, 11, 66 or 72 of Schedule 8”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/794; amended by S.I. 2019/1314. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.