The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Schedule 4

17.  In Schedule 4 (Capital to be disregarded)—

(a) in paragraph 9 at the end of sub-paragraph (c), omit “or” and at the end of sub-paragraph (d) add—

“(e) any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001.”;

(b) for paragraph 52(1), substitute—

“52.   Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in—

(a) the self-employment route;

(b) an employment programme specified in—

(i) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(bb) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (voluntary sector option of the new deal);

(ii) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(cc) of those Regulations (environment task force option of the new deal) or;

(c) the Intensive Activity Period specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv) of those Regulations or in the Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus,

but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”;

(c) At the end of that Schedule(2), add—

“64.   Any training grant payable under the New Deal 50 Plus Employment Credit Scheme pursuant to arrangements made under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of payment.

65.   The amount of a payment, other than a war pension within the meaning of section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989(3), to compensate for the fact that the relevant person, the relevant person’s partner, the relevant person’s deceased spouse or the relevant person’s partner’s deceased spouse—

(a) was a slave labourer or a forced labourer;

(b) had suffered property loss or had suffered personal injury; or

(c) was a parent of a child who had died,

during the Second World War.”.

(1)

Paragraph 52 was inserted by S.I. 1999/1523.

(2)

Paragraph 63 was added by S.I. 2001/2384.

(3)

1989 c. 24.