PART 5Income

Income for the purposes of the 2002 Act23

For the purposes of section 15(1)(j) of the 2002 Act, the following descriptions of income are prescribed—

a

any benefit payable under the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983;

b

in respect of benefit under the 1992 Act—

i

incapacity benefit under section 30A;

ii

widowed mother’s allowance under section 37;

iii

widow’s pension under section 38;

iv

widowed parent’s allowance under section 39A;

v

bereavement allowance under section 39B;

vi

retirement pension under any of sections 44, 48A to 48BB and 51;

vii

severe disablement allowance under section 68;

viii

carer’s allowance under section 70;

ix

disablement pension under section 103;

x

industrial death benefit under section 106(f) and Part 6 of Schedule 7;

xi

workmen’s compensation under section 111 and Schedule 8;

xii

income support under section 124;

c

a pension from an occupational pension scheme, within the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

d

jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers Act 199511;

e

a tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 200212;

f

employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 200713;

g

earnings, within the meaning given by Parts 1 to 5 of the 1992 Act (see sections 3(1) and 112, and the definition of “employment” in section 122, of that Act);

h

income deemed to be yielded from capital in accordance with regulation 28.