Social Security Administration Act 1992

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Social Security Administration Act 1992 --- Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

Certain benefit to be inalienable.

187.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every assignment of or charge on—

• (a) benefit as defined in section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

• (b) any income-related benefit; or

• (c) child benefit,

and every agreement to assign or charge such benefit shall be void; and, on the bankruptcy of a beneficiary, such benefit shall not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.

(2) In the application of subsection (1) above to Scotland—

• (a) the reference to assignment of benefit shall be read as a reference to assignation, "assign" being construed accordingly;

• (b) the reference to a beneficiary's bankruptcy shall be read as a reference to the sequestration of his estate or the appointment on his estate of a judicial factor under section 41 of the [1980 c. 46.] Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.

(3) In calculating for the purposes of section 5 of the [1869 c. 62.] Debtors Act 1869 or section 4 of the [1882 c. 42.] Civil Imprisonment (Scotland) Act 1882 the means of any beneficiary, no account shall be taken of any increase of disablement benefit in respect of a child or of industrial death benefit.



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Re: Social Security Administration Act 1992

Tax Credit Act 2006 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/20020021.htm

Section 45

Inalienability

Every assignment ofa charge on a Tax Credit and every agreement mto assign a charge to a Tax Credit is void; and, on the bankruptcy of a person entitled to a Tax Credit, the entitlement to the Tax Credit does not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.