SCHEDULE 4

Capital disregards
PART 1

Capital to be disregarded
21
1
Subject to paragraph 22 any amount paid—
a
by way of arrears of benefit;
b
by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit;
c
in lieu of the payment of benefit; or
d
to rectify, or compensate for, an official error,
being an amount to which that paragraph does not apply.
2
In sub-paragraph (1) “benefit” means—
a
attendance allowance under section 64 of the 1992 Act ;
b
child tax credit;
c
council tax benefit;
d
disability living allowance;
e
personal independence payment;
f
housing benefit;
g
income-related employment and support allowance;
h
income support;
i
income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
j
state pension credit;
k
working tax credit;
l
an increase of a disablement pension under section 104 of the 1992 Act (increase where constant attendance is needed), and any further increase of such a pension under section 105 of the 1992 Act (increase for exceptionally severe disablement);
m
any amount included on account of the applicant’s exceptionally severe disablement or need for constant attendance in a war disablement pension, war widow’s pension or war widower’s pension; or
n
any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 .
Section 64 was amended by section 66 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30).
S.I. 2001/1167, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.