The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996

Income-related benefits: Disregard of charitable or voluntary payments

8.  In the following provisions (which provide for certain charitable or voluntary payments to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings, the amount of such payments to be disregarded and special arrangements where the claimant has other income, apart from such payments, to be disregarded) for “£10” there is substituted “£20”—

(a) regulation 65(1) of, and paragraphs 15(1)(2) and 36(3) of Schedule 9 to, the Income Support Regulations;

(b) regulation 56(4) of, and paragraphs 13(1)(5) and 33(6) of Schedule 4 to, the Housing Benefit Regulations;

(c) regulation 45 of, and paragraphs 13(1) and 34 of Schedule 4 to, the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;

(d) regulation 45 of, and paragraphs 12(1) and 29 of Schedule 3 to, the Disability Working Allowance Regulations;

(e) regulation 41(7) of, and paragraphs 13(1)(8) and 29(9) of Schedule 2 to, the Family Credit Regulations.

(1)

Regulation 65 was amended by S.I. 1990/547, regulation 14.

(2)

Paragraph 15(1) was substituted by S.I. 1993/2119, regulation 23.

(3)

Paragraph 36 was amended by S.I. 1990/547, regulation 22 and S.I. 1990/1657, regulation 5.

(4)

Regulation 56 was amended by S.I. 1990/546, regulation 9.

(5)

Paragraph 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1990/1775, regulation 11(a).

(6)

aragraph 33 was amended by S.I. 1990/546, regulation 16(b) and S.I. 1990/1657, regulation 4(3).

(7)

Regulation 41 was amended by S.I. 1990/574, regulations 13 and 41.

(8)

Paragraph 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1990/574, regulation 14.

(9)

Paragraph 29 was amended by S.I. 1990/574, regulation 14 and S.I. 1990/1657, regulation 3.