The Successful Legacy Appeals Schemes (Income Tax Exemption) Regulations 2026
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(1) The following are qualifying payments for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to the Finance Act 2020— (a) a compensation payment made by the Department for Work and Pensions to a person eligible for compensation under the Successful Legacy Appeals Scheme, and (b) a compensation payment made by the Department for Communities to a person eligible for compensation under any scheme in Northern Ireland corresponding to the Successful Legacy Appeals Scheme. (2) In paragraph (1), the “Successful Legacy Appeals Scheme” means the scheme announced by His Majesty’s Government on 14th May 2026 to compensate persons who— (a) had to claim universal credit due to a decision (“the termination decision”) to terminate their award of an existing benefit (“the terminated award”), (b) on claiming universal credit, received a lower amount under their universal credit award than the amount to which they would have been entitled under the terminated award, and (c) as a result of a relevant decision, would have been entitled to an award of an existing benefit under the terminated award on the date on which their claim for universal credit was made, were it not for the effect of legislation that provides for an award of an existing benefit to terminate when the person entitled to that award claims universal credit. (3) In paragraph (2)— “existing benefit” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012; “relevant decision” means the revision, variation, supersession, substitution, cancellation, setting aside, overturning, quashing or annulment of the termination decision, whether or not as a result of the determination of an appeal; “universal credit” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. (4) This regulation applies to payments received on or after 14th May 2026.
2 Exemption from income tax
(1) The following are qualifying payments for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to the Finance Act 2020— (a) a compensation payment made by the Department for Work and Pensions to a person eligible for compensation under the Successful Legacy Appeals Scheme, and (b) a compensation payment made by the Department for Communities to a person eligible for compensation under any scheme in Northern Ireland corresponding to the Successful Legacy Appeals Scheme. (2) In paragraph (1), the “Successful Legacy Appeals Scheme” means the scheme announced by His Majesty’s Government on 14th May 2026 to compensate persons who— (a) had to claim universal credit due to a decision (“the termination decision”) to terminate their award of an existing benefit (“the terminated award”), (b) on claiming universal credit, received a lower amount under their universal credit award than the amount to which they would have been entitled under the terminated award, and (c) as a result of a relevant decision, would have been entitled to an award of an existing benefit under the terminated award on the date on which their claim for universal credit was made, were it not for the effect of legislation that provides for an award of an existing benefit to terminate when the person entitled to that award claims universal credit. (3) In paragraph (2)— “existing benefit” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012; “relevant decision” means the revision, variation, supersession, substitution, cancellation, setting aside, overturning, quashing or annulment of the termination decision, whether or not as a result of the determination of an appeal; “universal credit” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. (4) This regulation applies to payments received on or after 14th May 2026.
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