PART 5Young carer grants: Northern Ireland

Young carer grants: capital and income disregards

Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200325.

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200338 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15(1) (income for the purposes of the Act) (as amended by article 19(2) of this Order), after sub-paragraph (qd) insert—

“(qe)

any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019;”.

(3)

In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income) (as amended by article 19(3) of this Order), in paragraph 20(2), after head (t) insert—

“(u)

any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019.”.