The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.5) Regulations 1994
These Regulations further amend the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887), the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) in the following respects—treating a person as not being engaged in remunerative work where he receives payments from certain organisations for providing temporary accommodation and care to a person not normally a member of his household or is in receipt of a training allowance while on a scheme of training or instruction (regulations 2, 11 and 23);the provisions concerning the period over which the weekly earnings of employed or self-employed earners are to be calculated (regulations 3, 5(2), 12(a), 13, 15(2), 16(a) and (c), 26 and 28);the amount of income tax to be deducted in calculating certain earnings (regulations 4, 14, 16(b) and 29);excluding payments made to a claimant by certain organisations for providing temporary accommodation and care to a person not normally a member of his household from being treated as earnings (regulations 6, 17 and 27);the rates of income tax to be deducted from interest due on a loan secured on a person’s dwelling which is used for the purchase of an annunity, in calculating sums to be disregarded from a claimant’s income and certain payments to widows under the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983, the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 and specified Dispensing Instruments which are to be disregarded from a person’s income (regulations 9, 20 and 32);the disregard of capital administered by the High Court, the County Court or the Court of Protection in England and Wales or the Court of Session or Sheriff Court in Scotland on behalf of a person under the age of 18, which derives from an award of damages for personal injury to that person or for the death of one or both of such a person’s parents and of arrears of payments under the instruments referred to in paragraph (e) above (regulations 10, 21 and 33).