Amendment of Schedule 9A to the Claims and Payments Regulations

4.  In Schedule 9A to the Claims and Payments Regulations(1) (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders), in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “relevant benefits”—

(a) for paragraph (a)(2) substitute—

“(a) income support, or income support and any incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance where—

(i) either benefit is paid with income support in a combined payment in respect of any period; and

(ii) the income support alone is insufficient for the purpose of this Schedule;”, and

(b) for paragraph (d)(3) substitute—

“(d) state pension credit, or state pension credit and any retirement pension, incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance where—

(i) one of those benefits is paid with state pension credit in a combined payment in respect of any period; and

(ii) the state pension credit alone is insufficient for the purpose of this Schedule;”.

(1)

Schedule 9A was inserted by S.I. 1992/1026.

(2)

Paragraph (a) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2441.

(3)

Paragraph (d) was inserted by S.I. 2002/3019.