Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

24.—(1) Any payment made to the relevant person in respect of a child or young person who is a member of his family—

(a)in accordance with a scheme provided by the Department of Health and Social Services under Article 59(4) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(1) (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);

(b)in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 57(A) of the Adoption Act 1976(2) or a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 51(5) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978(3) (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);

(c)which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989(4) (local authority contribution to child’s maintenance),

to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) In the case of a child or young person—

(a)to whom regulation 31(2) applies (capital in excess of £5,000), the whole payment;

(b)to whom that regulation does not apply, so much of the weekly amount of the payment as exceeds the amount included under Schedule 1 in the determination of the relevant person’s applicable amount for that child or young person by way of the personal allowance and disabled child premium, if any.