These Regulations make consequential amendments to the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 to deal with the impact of armed forces independence payment on means testing for receipt of disabled facilities grants.

These include: amendments concerning the reduction of assessed income to take account of child care payments, amendments concerning the entitlement to certain premiums where disabled persons or members of their household are in receipt of armed forces independence payment, and an amendment to disregard armed forces independence payment in calculating income other than earnings.

Armed forces independence payment applies to the disabled child premium where the young person concerned is old enough to be employed in the armed forces.