Section: Housing Grants

New Regulations

Source: Office of Public Sector Information

The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009 SI 1087 (W.95)

These Regulations further amend (in relation to Wales) the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2890), which set out the means test for determining the amount of grant which may be paid by local housing authorities under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

Schedule 3 to the 1996 Regulations lists sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings, and Schedule 4 lists the capital to be disregarded in the determination of capital.

Schedules 3 and 4 to the 1996 Regulations are amended by regulations 2 and 3(1)(a) and 3(2)(a) of these Regulations so that any payments of working tax credit or child tax credit are to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings or capital.

Regulations 2 and 3(1)(b) amend Schedule 3 to the 1996 Regulations by inserting a new paragraph 50A, the effect of which is that where a member of the armed forces receives specified retired pay or a pension under the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006 and constant attendance allowance, the amounts so received are disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings.

Regulation 3(1)(b) also inserts a new paragraph 50B into Schedule 3, the effect of which is that any guaranteed income payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 which relates to an injury that falls within any of levels 1 to 6 of the tariff set out in any of Tables 1 to 9 in Schedule 4 to that Order, is to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings.

Regulations 2 and 3(2)(b) amend Schedule 4 to the 1996 Regulations so that any lump sum, additional multiple injury lump sum or additional lump sum paid under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005, which is attributable to an injury that falls within any of levels 1 to 6 of the tariff set out in any of Tables 1 to 9 in Schedule 4 to that Order, is to be disregarded in the determination of capital.

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