The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations 1990 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 provides that the amendments apply in respect of applications for grant made on or after 5th April 1993 (the date on which these Regulations come into force).

Regulation 4 amends definitions in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations to take account of the consolidation (in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and related enactments) of the legislation relating to social security, and to reflect other changes to relevant legislation, including previous amendments to the principal Regulations and other amendments made by these Regulations.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (remunerative work).

Regulation 6 amends regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household) to take account of changes (in the Children Act 1989) to the legislation relating to children and young people.

Regulation 7 substitutes a new regulation 8 for regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (the applicable amount).

Regulation 8 substitutes a new regulation 10 for regulation 10 of the principal Regulations (reduction in amount of grant).

Regulations 9, 10, 12 and 14 amend respectively regulations 21 (earnings of employed earners), 22 (determination of net earnings of employed earners), 24 (determination of net profit of employed earners) and 26 (determination of income other than earnings) of the principal Regulations to take account of the consolidation of the legislation relating to social security.

Regulation 11 amends regulation 23 of the principal Regulations (earnings of self- employed earners).

Regulation 13 amends regulation 25 of the principal Regulations (deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners).

Regulations 15, 17 and 18 amend references to the Macfarlane Trust in respectively regulations 28 (notional income), 32 (income treated as capital), and 35 (notional capital) of the principal Regulations. Regulations 15 and 18 also amend regulations 28 and 35 as regards payments of income or capital (as the case may be) to third parties.

Regulation 16 amends regulation 29 of the principal Regulations. Regulation 19 amends Part V of the principal Regulations (students) to take account of changes to relevant legislation in the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1988.

Regulations 20, 21 and 26 increase all the personal allowances and premiums in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.

Regulations 22, 23, 24 and 25 make other amendments to Schedule 1 to take account of the recent consolidation of the legislation relating to social security. Regulation 24 also extends the applicability of paragraph 14A of Schedule 1 (the carer premium) in certain circumstances.

Regulation 27 makes consequential amendments to Schedule 2 to the principal regulations (sums to be disregarded in the determination of earnings).

Regulation 28 amends Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the determination of earnings) and adds new paragraphs 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 to that Schedule (additional disregards of payments of maintenance, payments of compensation for non-entitlement to income support, payments to assist disabled persons to obtain or retain employment, payments of guardian’s allowance, and payments of council tax benefit).

Regulation 29 amends Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (capital to be disregarded) and adds new paragraphs 41, 42, 43, and 44 to that Schedule (additional disregards of payments of compensation for non-entitlement to income support, payments to assist disabled persons to obtain or retain employment, payments to blind homeworkers, and payments of council tax benefit).