The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006
Regulations 2, 3, 8 and 9 amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213) and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/215) so as to—provide that a person aged under 60, who does not take a payment from the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (“PPF”) which would be available to them is not treated as possessing the amount of any income or capital deferred;provide that payments made by the Board of the PPF to a third party may be regarded as notional income and notional capital;provide that payments from the Board of the PPF are not regarded as notional income or notional capital where the payment is not received by the claimant due to his or her bankruptcy.