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Regulation 17(8)

SCHEDULE V INCOME FROM CAPITAL

PART ICapital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income

1.  Any premises acquired for occupation by the claimant which he intends to occupy as his home within 26 weeks of the date of acquisition or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable the claimant to obtain possession and commence occupation of the premises.

[F11A.  The dwelling occupied by the claimant as his home but only one home shall be disregarded under this paragraph.]

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2.  Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home, and in respect of which he is taking steps to obtain possession and has sought legal advice, or has commenced legal proceedings, with a view to obtaining possession, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he first sought such advice or first commenced such proceedings whichever is the earlier, or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable him to obtain possession and commence occupation of those premises.

3.  Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home to which essential repairs or alterations are required in order to render them fit for such occupation, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which the claimant first takes steps to effect those repairs or alterations, or such longer period as is necessary to enable those repairs or alterations to be carried out.

4.  Any premises occupied in whole or in part—

(a)by a [F2person who is a close relative, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the claimant or of his partner] as his home where that person [F3has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit or is incapacitated];

(b)by the former partner of the claimant as his home; but this provision shall not apply where the former partner is a person from whom the claimant is estranged or divorced [F4or with whom he had formed a civil partnership that has been dissolved].

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5.  Any future interest in property of any kind, other than land or premises in respect of which the claimant has granted a subsisting lease or tenancy, including sub-leases or sub-tenancies.

6.—(1) Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly the dwelling occupied as the home following his estrangement or divorce[F5, or dissolution of his civil partnership with,] from his former partner, that dwelling for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he ceased to occupy that dwelling or, where the dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for so long as it is so occupied.

(2) In this paragraph—

(a)“dwelling” includes any garage, garden and outbuildings, which were formerly occupied by the claimant as his home and any premises not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately, in particular, in Scotland, any croft land on which the dwelling is situated;

(b)“lone parent” means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child; and

(c)“child” means a person [F6who is a qualifying young person [F7within the meaning of regulation 4A] or] a child [F8as defined in section 40 of the 2012 Act].

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7.  Any premises where the claimant is taking reasonable steps to dispose of the whole of his interest in those premises, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he first took such steps, or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable him to dispose of those premises.

8.  All personal possessions.

9.  The assets of any business owned in whole or in part by the claimant and for the purposes of which he is engaged as a self-employed earner or, if he has ceased to be engaged, for such period as may be reasonable in the circumstances to allow for disposal of those assets.

[F99A.  The assets of any business owned in whole or in part by the claimant if—

(a)he is not engaged as a self-employed earner in that business by reason of some disease or bodily or mental disablement; but

(b)he intends to become engaged (or, as the case may be, re-engaged) as a self-employed earner in that business as soon as he recovers or is able to become engaged, or re-engaged, in that business,]

F10...

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10.  The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.

11.  The value of any funeral plan contract; and for this purpose, “funeral plan contract” means a contract under which—

(a)the claimant makes one or more payments to another person (“the provider”);

(b)the provider undertakes to provide, or secure the provision of, a funeral in the United Kingdom for the claimant on his death; and

(c)the sole purpose of the plan is to provide or secure the provision of a funeral for the claimant on his death.

12.  Where an ex-gratia payment has been made by the Secretary of State on or after 1st February 2001 in consequence of the imprisonment or [F11internment] of—

(a)the claimant;

(b)the claimant’s partner;

(c)the claimant’s deceased spouse [F12or deceased civil partner]; or

(d)the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse [F12or deceased civil partner],

by the Japanese during the Second World War, an amount equal to that payment.

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13.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount of any trust payment made to a claimant or a claimant’s partner [F13who is]—

(a)F14... a diagnosed person;

(b)[F15a diagnosed person’s partner or] was a diagnosed person’s partner at the time of the diagnosed person’s death;

(c)F16... a parent of a diagnosed person, a person acting in place of the diagnosed person’s parents or a person who was so acting at the date of the diagnosed person’s death.

(2) Where [F17a trust payment is made to]—

(a)[F18a person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), that sub-paragraph] shall apply for the period beginning on the date on which the trust is made and ending on the date on which [F18that person] dies;

(b)[F19a person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c), that sub-paragraph] shall apply for the period beginning on the date on which the trust payment is made and ending two years after that date.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the amount of any payment by a person to whom a trust payment has been made or of any payment out of the estate of a person to whom a trust payment has been made, which is made to a claimant or a claimant’s partner [F20who is]—

(a)F21... the diagnosed person;

(b)[F22a diagnosed person’s partner or] was a diagnosed person’s partner at the date of the diagnosed person’s death; or

(c)F23... a parent of a diagnosed person, a person acting in place of the diagnosed person’s parents or a person who was so acting at the date of the diagnosed person’s death.

(4) Where [F24a payment referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is made to]—

(a)[F25a person referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (b), that sub-paragraph] shall apply for the period beginning on the date on which the payment is made and ending on the date on which [F25that person] dies;

(b)[F26a person referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(c), that sub-paragraph] shall apply for the period beginning on the date on which the payment is made and ending two years after that date.

(5) In this paragraph, a reference to a person—

(a)being the diagnosed person’s partner;

(b)acting in place of the diagnosed person’s parents,

at the date of the diagnosed person’s death shall include a person who would have been such a person or a person who would have been so acting, but for the diagnosed person [F27residing in a care home or an independent hospital] .

(6) In this paragraph—

“diagnosed person” means a person who has been diagnosed as suffering from, or who, after his death, has been diagnosed as having suffered from, variant [F28Creutzfeldt]-Jakob disease;

“relevant trust” means a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons who suffered, or who are suffering, from variant [F28Creutzfeldt]-Jakob disease for the benefit of persons eligible for payments in accordance with its provisions;

“trust payment” means a payment under a relevant trust.

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14.—[F29(1)] The amount of any payment, other than a war disablement pension or a war widow’s or widower’s pension, to compensate for the fact that the claimant, the claimant’s partner, the claimant’s deceased spouse [F30or deceased civil partner] or the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse [F30or deceased civil partner]—

(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.

[F31(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “war disablement pension” and “war widow’s or widower’s pension” include any payment described in regulation 15(5)(ac).]

Textual Amendments

F29Sch. V para. 14(1): Sch. 5 para. 14 renumbered as Sch. 5 para. 14(1) (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(a)

15.—(1) Any payment made under [F32or by] the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust (“the Trusts”), the Fund, the Eileen Trust [F33, MFET Limited], the [F34Independent Living Fund (2006)], the Skipton Fund [F35, the Caxton Foundation] [F36, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme] [F37, an approved blood scheme] [F38, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund] [F39, the National Emergencies Trust] [F40, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme] or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund.

[F41(1A) Any Grenfell Tower payment [F42, child abuse payment, Windrush payment] [F43, Post Office compensation payment or vaccine damage payment] or any payment made by the Child Migrants Trust (registered charity number 1171479) under the scheme for former British child migrants.]

(2) Any payment by or on behalf of a person who is suffering or who suffered from haemophilia or who is or was a qualifying person, which derives from a payment made under [F32or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers [F44, or from a Grenfell Tower payment [F45, a child abuse payment [F46, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment]] ,] and which is made to or for the benefit of that person’s partner or former partner from whom he is not, or where that person has died was not, estranged or divorced [F47or with whom he has formed a civil partnership that has not been dissolved or, where that person has died, had not been dissolved at the time of that person's death].

(3) Any payment by or on behalf of the partner or former partner of a person who is suffering or who suffered from haemophilia or who is or was a qualifying person provided that the partner or former partner and that person are not, or if either of them has died were not, estranged or divorced [F48or, where the partner or former partner and that person have formed a civil partnership, the civil partnership has not been dissolved or, if either of them has died, had not been dissolved at the time of the death], which derives from a payment made under [F32or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers [F49, or from a Grenfell Tower payment [F45, a child abuse payment [F46, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment]] ,] and which is made to or for the benefit of the person who is suffering from haemophilia or who is a qualifying person.

(4) Any payment by a person who is suffering from haemophilia or who is a qualifying person, which derives from a payment under [F32or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers, [F50or from a Grenfell Tower payment [F45, a child abuse payment [F46, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment]] ,] where—

(a)that person has no partner or former partner from whom he is not estranged or divorced [F51or with whom he has formed a civil partnership that has not been dissolved], nor any child who is or had been a member of that person’s household; and

(b)the payment is made either—

(i)to that person’s parent or step-parent, or

(ii)where that person at the date of the payment is a child or a student who has not completed his full-time education and has no parent or step-parent, to any person standing in the place of his parent,

but only for a period from the date of the payment until the end of two years from that person’s death.

(5) Any payment out of the estate of a person who suffered from haemophilia or who was a qualifying person, which derives from a payment under [F32or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers, [F52or from a Grenfell Tower payment [F45, a child abuse payment [F46, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment]] ,] where—

(a)that person at the date of his death (the relevant date) had no partner or former partner from whom he was not estranged or divorced [F53or with whom he had formed a civil partnership that had not been dissolved], nor any child who was or had been a member of his household; and

(b)the payment is made either—

(i)to that person’s parent or step-parent, or

(ii)where that person at the relevant date was a child or a student who had not completed his full-time education and had no parent or step-parent, to any person standing in place his parent,

but only for a period of two years from the relevant date.

[F54(5A) Any payment out of the estate of a person, which derives from a payment to meet the recommendation of the Infected Blood Inquiry in its interim report published on 29th July 2022 made under or by the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme or an approved blood scheme to the estate of the person, where the payment is made to the person’s son, daughter, step-son or step-daughter.]

(6) In the case of a person to whom or for whose benefit a payment referred to in this paragraph is made, any capital resource which derives from any payment of income or capital made under or deriving from any of the Trusts [F55or from a Grenfell Tower payment] [F45, a child abuse payment ][F46, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment].

(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), any reference to the Trusts shall be construed as including a reference to the Fund [F56, the Eileen Trust [F57, MFET Limited] [F58, the Skipton Fund] [F59, the Caxton Foundation] [F36, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme] [F60, an approved blood scheme] [F61, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund] [F62, the National Emergencies Trust] [F63, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme] and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund].

(8) In this paragraph—

“child” means any person [F64who is a qualifying young person [F65within the meaning of regulation 4A] or] a child [F66as defined in section 40 of the 2012 Act] (child benefit);

“course of study” means any course of study, whether or not it is a sandwich course and whether or not a grant is made for undertaking or attending it;

“qualifying course” means a qualifying course as defined for the purposes of Parts II and IV of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;

“sandwich course” has the meaning given in regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2001M1, regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 M2 or regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000M3, as the case may be;

“student” means a person, other than a person in receipt of a training allowance, who is attending or undertaking—

(a)a course of study at an educational establishment; or

(b)a qualifying course;

“training allowance” means an allowance (whether by way of periodical grants or otherwise) payable—

(a)out of public funds by a Government department or by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, [F67Skills Development Scotland,] Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise;

(b)to a person for his maintenance or in respect of a member of his family; and

(c)for the period, or part of the period, during which he is following a course of training or instruction provided by, or in pursuance of arrangements made with, that department or approved by that department in relation to him or so provided or approved by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, [F68Skills Development Scotland,] Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise,

but it does not include an allowance paid by any Government department to or in respect of a person by reason of the fact that he is following a course of full-time education, other than under arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 M4 or is training as a teacher F69...

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Marginal Citations

M41973 c. 50; section 2 was amended by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19), by Part I of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38) and by section 47(1) of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c.19).

F7015A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

16.—[F71(1)] An amount equal to the amount of any payment made in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant or, if the claimant has a partner, to the partner.

[F72(2) Where the whole or part of the payment is administered—

[F73(a)by the High Court or the County Court under Rule 21.11(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, or the Court of Protection, or on behalf of a person where the payment can only be disposed of by order or direction of any such court;]

(b)in accordance with an order made under F74... Rule 36.14 of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 or under Rule 128 of those Rules; or

(c)in accordance with the terms of a trust established for the benefit of the claimant or his partner,

the whole of the amount so administered.]

Textual Amendments

17.  Any amount specified in paragraphs 18 to 20 [F75or 20B]—

(a)in a case where there is an assessed income period, until the end of that period or until the expiration of one year from the date of payment, whichever is the later; or

(b)in any other case, for a period of one year beginning with the date of receipt.

Textual Amendments

F75Words in Sch. V para. 17 inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(2), 4(6)(b)

18.  Amounts paid under a policy of insurance in connection with the loss of or damage to the property occupied by the claimant as his home and to his personal possessions.

19.  So much of any amounts paid to the claimant or deposited in the claimant’s name for the sole purpose of—

(a)purchasing premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home; or

(b)effecting essential repairs or alterations to the premises occupied or intended to be occupied by the claimant as his home.

20.—(1) Any amount paid—

(a)by way of arrears of benefit;

(b)by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit; or

(c)in lieu of the payment of benefit.

[F76(d)any payment made by a local authority (including in England a county council), or by the [F77Welsh Ministers], to or on behalf of the claimant or his partner relating to a service which is provided to develop or sustain the capacity of the claimant or his partner to live independently in his accommodation][F78; or

(e)by way of local welfare provision including arrears and payments in lieu of local welfare provision; or

(f)in consequence of a reduction of council tax under section 13, 13A or 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (reduction of liability of[F79; council tax);]]

[F80(g)to rectify, or to compensate for, an error made by an officer of the Department for Work and Pensions which was not caused or materially contributed to by any person outside the Department and which prevented or delayed an assessment of the claimant’s entitlement to contributory employment and support allowance.]

(2) In paragraph (1), “benefit” means—

(a)attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b)disability living allowance;

[F81(ba)personal independence payment;]

[F82(bb)armed forces independence payment;]

(c)income support;

(d)income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

(e)housing benefit;

(f)state pension credit;

F83(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F84(h)an increase of a disablement pension under section 104 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (increase where constant attendance needed), and any further increase of such a pension under section 105 of that Act (increase for exceptionally severe disablement); ]

(i)any amount included on account of the claimant’s exceptionally severe disablement [F85or need for constant attendance,] in a war disablement pension or [F86any other such amount described in regulation 15(5)(ac)].

[F87(j)council tax benefit;

(k)social fund payments;

(l)child benefit;

F88(m). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(n)child tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.]

[F89(o)income-related employment and support allowance][F90;

(p)universal credit]

[F91(q)bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014.]

[F92(r)early years assistance given in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]

[F93(s)funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]

[F94(t)maternity allowance under section 35 of the 1992 Act (state maternity allowance for employed or self-employed earner).]

[F95(u)any Scottish child payment assistance given in accordance with section 79 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]

[F96(v)any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019.]

[F97(w)short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;]

[F98(x)winter heating assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 30 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;]

[F99(y)disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]

Textual Amendments

F91Sch. V Pt. I para. 20(2)(q) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1-3 of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/422), arts. 1(2), 21(3)(a)

F92Sch. V para. 20(2)(r) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Best Start Grants) (Consequential Modifications and Saving) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1138), art. 7(3)

[F10020A.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), any payment of £5,000 or more to which paragraph 20(1)(a), (b) or (c) applies, which has been made to rectify, or to compensate for, an official error [F101or an error on a point of law] relating to a [F102relevant benefit, or to which paragraph 20(1)(g) applies, and which has been] received by the claimant in full on or after the day on which he became entitled to benefit under these Regulations.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the total amount of any payment disregarded under—

(a)paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;

(b)paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;

F103(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F103(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F104(e)paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 9 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations,]

[F105(f)paragraph 9(2) [F106or 9A] of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006;

(g)paragraph 22 of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006;

(h)paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006; F107...

(i)paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006;] [F108or

(j)[F109paragraph 18] of Schedule 10 to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013;]

[F110(k)regulations 10A to 10C of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014;]

where the award during which the disregard last applied in respect of the relevant sum either terminated immediately before the relevant date or is still in existence at that date.

(3) Any disregard which applies under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall have effect until the award comes to an end.

(4) In this paragraph—

  • “the award”, except in sub-paragraph (2), means—

    (a)

    the award of State Pension Credit under these Regulations during which the relevant sum or, where it is received in more than one instalment, the first instalment of that sum is received; or

    (b)

    where that award is followed immediately by one or more further awards which begins immediately after the previous award ends, such further awards until the end of the last award, provided that, for such further awards, the claimant—

    (i)

    is the person who received the relevant sum;

    (ii)

    is the partner of that person; or

    (iii)

    was the partner of that person at the date of his death;

  • “official error”—

    (a)

    where the error relates to housing benefitF111..., has the meaning given by regulation 1(2) of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001;

  • and

    (b)

    where the error relates to any other relevant benefit, has the meaning given by regulation 1(3) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999;

  • “the relevant date” means the date on which the claimant became entitled to benefit under the Act;

  • “relevant benefit” means any benefit specified in paragraph 20(2); and

  • “the relevant sum” means the total payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, the total amount referred to in sub-paragraph (2).]

Textual Amendments

[F11220AA.  Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made pursuant to section 39A of the 1992 Act (widowed parent’s allowance)—

(a)to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 39A(7) of the 1992 Act) who is entitled to a widowed parent’s allowance for a period before the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, and

(b)in respect of any period of time during the period ending with the day before the survivor makes the claim for a widowed parent’s allowance,

but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.]

Textual Amendments

[F11320B.  Any arrears of supplementary pension which is disregarded under paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) or of any amount which is disregarded under paragraph 5 or 6 of that Schedule.]

Textual Amendments

F113Sch. V para. 20B inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(2), 4(6)(f)

21.  Where a capital asset is held in a currency other than sterling, any banking charge or commission payable in converting that capital into sterling.

22.  The value of the right to receive income from an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme.

23.  The value of a right to receive income from a under a retirement annuity contract.

[F11423A.  Where a person elects to be entitled to a lump sum under Schedule 5 or 5A to the 1992 Act or under Schedule 1 to the Graduated Retirement Benefit Regulations, or is treated as having made such an election, and a payment has been made pursuant to that election, an amount equal to—

(a)except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the amount of any payment or payments made on account of that lump sum;

(b)the amount of that lump sum,

but only for so long as that person does not change that election in favour of an increase of pension or benefit.]

Textual Amendments

[F11523AA.  Where a person chooses a lump sum under section 8(2) of the Pensions Act 2014 or in accordance with Regulations made under section 10 of that Act which include provision corresponding or similar to section 8(2) of that Act, or fails to make a choice, and a lump sum payment has been made, an amount equal to—

(a)except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the amount of any payment or payments made on account of that lump sum;

(b)the amount of that lump sum,

but only for so long as that person does not alter that choice in favour of an increase of pension.]

Textual Amendments

F115Sch. V para. 23AA inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 24(3)

[F11623B.  Any payment made under Part 8A of the 1992 Act (entitlement to health in pregnancy grant).]

Textual Amendments

F116Sch. V para. 23B inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583), reg. 5(5)

[F11723C.  Any payments made F118...—

(a)[F119by virtue of regulations made under] section 57 (direct payments) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001;

[F120(b)as a direct payment as defined in section 4(2) of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013; F121...]

(c)[F122by virtue of regulations made under] sections 12A to 12C (direct payments for health care) of the National Health Service Act 2006;] F123...

[F124(d)under sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014[F125(direct payments); or]]

[F125(e)by virtue of regulations made under section 50 or 52 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (direct payments).]

Textual Amendments

[F12623D.—(1) Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with section 26A of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), any payment or part of a payment made by a local authority in accordance with section 26A of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 to a person (“A”) which A passes on to the claimant.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) only applies where A—

(a)was formerly in the claimant’s care;

(b)is aged 16 or over; and

(c)continues to live with the claimant.]

Textual Amendments

[F12723E.— [F128(1)]  A payment of bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (rate of bereavement support payment), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.

[F129(2) Where bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 is paid to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 30(6B) of the Pensions Act 2014) in respect of a death occurring before the day the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, any amount of that payment which is—

(a)in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(1) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017, and

(b)paid as a lump sum for more than one monthly recurrence of the day of the month on which their cohabiting partner died,

but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.]]

Textual Amendments

[F13023F.  Any payment made under or by a trust, established for the purpose of giving relief and assistance to disabled persons whose disabilities were caused by the fact that during their mother’s pregnancy she had taken a preparation containing the drug known as Thalidomide, and which is approved by the Secretary of State.]

Textual Amendments

PART II[F131Capital disregarded only for the purposes of determining deemed income]

Textual Amendments

24.  The value of the right to receive any income under a life interest or from a life rent.

25.  The value of the right to receive any rent except where the claimant has a reversionary interest in the property in respect of which rent is due.

26.  The value of the right to receive any income under an annuity or the surrender value (if any) of such an annuity.

27.  The dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings, normally occupied by the claimant as his home, including any premises not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately and in particular, in Scotland, any croft land on which the dwelling is situated; but only one dwelling shall be disregarded under this paragraph.

28.  Where property is held under a trust, other than—

(a)a charitable trust within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993 M5; or

(b)a trust set up with any payment to which paragraph 16 of this Schedule applies,

and under the terms of the trust, payments fall to be made, or the trustees have a discretion to make payments, to or for the benefit of the claimant or the claimant’s partner, or both, that property.

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