2002 No. 2442
The Social Security Amendment (Personal Injury Payments) Regulations 2002
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(5)(b) and (d), 137(1), and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992F1 and sections 12(4)(b) and (d), 35(1) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995F2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concernedF3 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to itF4, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).
See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Personal Injury Payments) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 28th October 2002.
Capital treated as income2
There shall be added as—
F12a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F12b
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c
regulation 41(7) of the Income Support Regulations F7;
d
regulation 104(6) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations F8,
(which relate to capital treated as income), the following paragraph—
Where an agreement or court order provides that payments shall be made to the claimant in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant and that such payments are to be made, wholly or partly, by way of periodical payments, any such periodical payments received by the claimant (but not a payment which is treated as capital by virtue of this Part), shall be treated as income.
Disregard of personal injury payments as income3
1
In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below—
a
in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “charitable payment or of any voluntary payment” there shall be substituted the words “
relevant payment
”
;
b
in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “charitable payment or voluntary payment” there shall be substituted the words “
relevant payment
”
;
c
in sub-paragraph (4), for the words “charitable or voluntary payments” there shall be substituted the words “
relevant payments
”
;
d
after sub-paragraph (5), there shall be added as sub-paragraph (6) in the provisions specified in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) below and as sub-paragraph (5A) in the provisions specified in paragraph (2)(c) and (d) below, the following sub-paragraph—
In this paragraph, “relevant payment” means—
a
a charitable payment;
b
a voluntary payment;
c
a payment (not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above) from a trust whose funds are derived from a payment made in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant;
d
a payment under an annuity purchased—
i
pursuant to any agreement or court order to make payments to the claimant; or
ii
from funds derived from a payment made,
in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant; or
e
a payment (not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) above) received by virtue of any agreement or court order to make payments to the claimant in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant.
2
The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) are—
F13a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F13b
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c
paragraph 15 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations F9;
d
paragraph 15 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations F10.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(e) was substituted and section 137 amended, with respect to council tax benefit, by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to, the Transfer of Functions Act 1999 (c. 11).