SCHEDULE 9Capital disregards: pensioners

PART 1Capital to be disregarded

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1

An amount equal to the amount of any payment made in consequence of any personal injury to the applicant or, if the applicant has a partner, to the partner.

2

Where the whole or part of the payment is administered—

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 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 applicant or his partner,

the whole of the amount so administered.