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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 6) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2001.
(2) These Regulations shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 3rd July 2001.
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In these Regulations—
 “award periods” means award periods of disabled person’s tax credit or, as the case may be, working families' tax credit;
 “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991;
 “the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987.
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Amend the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations in accordance with the provisions of regulations 4 and 5.
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(1) Amend Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“Schedule 3”) and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 2”) as follows.
(2) Add as paragraph 69 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 71 of Schedule 2 the following paragraph—“
 Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001.”.
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(1) Amend Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations as follows.
(2) Add as paragraph 67 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 68 of Schedule 3 the following paragraph—“
 Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001.”.
Anne McGuire
John Heppell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
19th June 2001