PART 3Short-term assistance

Short-term assistance: capital and income disregards

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200613

1

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200614 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 29 (meaning of “income”) (as amended by articles 6(2) of this Order), after paragraph 1(j)(xviif) insert—

xviig

short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;

3

In Part 1 of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded generally), in paragraph 21(2) (as amended by articles 6(3)(a) of this Order), after paragraph (u) insert—

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short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;