xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"

Amendment of regulation 11 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases RegulationsE+W+S

43.—(1) Regulation 11 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations (protected income) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1), for the words “regulation 15(10)(a)" there shall be substituted the words “regulation 15(4)".

(3)In sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (1), after the words “that home" there shall be added the words “but where housing benefit is paid to the absent parent in question or his partner in respect of fees for that accommodation or that home the net amount of such fees after deduction of housing benefit".

(4) The word “and" at the end of paragraph (2)(a)(iii) shall be omitted.

(5) After head (iii) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2), there shall be added the following heads—

(iv)paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 shall apply as though the reference to paragraph 3(2) and (4) of Schedule 3 were omitted;

(v)there shall be deducted the amount of any maintenance which is being paid in respect of a child by the absent parent or his partner under an order requiring such payment made by a court outside Great Britain; and.