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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Family Credit and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 9th June 1988.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987; and
 “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987.
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In regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations (interpretation) there shall be inserted after the definition of “student” the following definition—“
 “the Independent Living Fund” means the charitable trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing financial assistance to those persons incapacitated by or otherwise suffering from very severe disablement who are in need of such assistance to enable them to live independently;”.
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In the following provisions of the Family Credit Regulations there shall be inserted after the words “the Macfarlane Trust” the words “or the Independent Living Fund”—
(a) regulation 26(3) (notional income);
(b) regulation 34(3) (notional capital);
(c) paragraph 34 of Schedule 2 (income other than earnings to be disregarded); and
(d) paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 (capital to be disregarded).
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In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation) there shall be inserted after the definition of “terminal date” the following definition—“
 “the Independent Living Fund” means the charitable trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing financial assistance to those persons incapacitated by or otherwise suffering from very severe disablement who are in need of such assistance to enable them to live independently;”.
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In the following provisions of the Income Support Regulations there shall be inserted after the words “the Macfarlane Trust” the words “or the Independent Living Fund”—
(a) regulation 24(5)(b)(iii) (treatment of charitable or voluntary payments);
(b) regulation 42(4) (notional income);
(c) regulation 51(3) (notional capital);
(d) paragraphs 21(2) and 39 of Schedule 9 (income other than earnings to be disregarded); and
(e) paragraph 22 of Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded).
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In regulation 72(1) of the Income Support Regulations (assessment of income and capital in urgent cases) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(a) any income, other than a payment of income made under the Macfarlane Trust or the Independent Living Fund, possessed or treated as possessed by him shall be taken into account in full notwithstanding any provision in that Part disregarding the whole or any part of that income;”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
Nicholas Scott
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Security
8th June 1988