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26.—(1) A payment of victims' payments or a lump sum is to be disregarded—
(a)from the calculation of a person's income or capital when determining entitlement to a relevant social security benefit;
(b)for the purposes of an assessment of a person's ability to pay under regulations made under Article 36(6) or 99(5) (cost of providing residential accommodation) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 M1;
(c)for the purposes of determining whether a person should repay (either fully or in part) an award of criminal injuries compensation where the application for that award was determined before these Regulations come into force.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
“criminal injuries compensation” means compensation under a scheme established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 M2 or the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 M3;
“relevant social security benefit” means any of the following—
employment and support allowance under—
housing benefit under—
income support under—
Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or
Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
jobseeker's allowance under—
the Jobseekers Act 1995 M10 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (to remove references to an income-based allowance);
the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M11 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (to remove references to an income-based allowance);
state pension credit under—
universal credit under—
Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or
Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 26 in force at 29.5.2020, see reg. 1(3)
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M1S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14). Article 99 was substituted by S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1).
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