SCHEDULE 3Sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings

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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 198776 (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 197677 or a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 51(5) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 197878 (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 198979 (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.