Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20066
1
The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200614 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
in the appropriate places insert—
“child abuse payment” means a payment from a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of historic institutional child abuse in the United Kingdom;
“Windrush payment” means a payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020;
b
in the definition of “qualifying person”, after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”
.
3
In regulation 55(10) (non-dependant deductions), after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—
bb
any child abuse payment;
bc
any Windrush payment;
4
In paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded)—
a
in sub-paragraph (1A) after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, child abuse payment, Windrush payment”
;
b
in sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), after “Grenfell Tower payment” insert “, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment”
.