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Housing benefit: Disregard of family credit and disability working allowance

4.  In Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for paragraphs 60 and 61(1) there shall be substituted—

60.  Where the claimant is entitled to the allowance under regulation 51(1)(bb) of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(2) (which applies in respect of a person who works for not less than 30 hours a week), any amount of disability working allowance up to the amount specified in column (2) against paragraph 2A(3) of Schedule 5 (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance: claimant, child and young person allowance) to those Regulations.

61.  Where the claimant is entitled to the credit under regulation 46(1)(aa) of the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(4) (which applies in respect of a person who works for not less than 30 hours a week), any amount of family credit up to the amount specified in column (2) against paragraph 1A(5) of Schedule 4 (determination of appropriate maximum family credit: adult, child and young person credits) to those Regulations..

(1)

Paragraphs 60 and 61 were added by regulation 2 of S.R. 1995 No. 223

(2)

S.R. 1992 No. 78; regulation 51(1)(bb) was inserted by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1995 No. 223

(3)

Paragraph 2A was inserted by regulation 4(4) of S.R. 1995 No. 223

(4)

S.R. 1987 No. 463; regulation 46(1)(aa) was inserted by regulation 3(3) of S.R. 1995 No. 223

(5)

Paragraph 1A was inserted by regulation 3(4) of S.R. 1995 No. 223