Section 187 — Social Security Administration Act 1992: Certain benefit to be inalienable

Certain benefit to be inalienable 187 1 Subject to the provision of this Act, every assignment of or charge on—

za universal credit;

zb state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014; a benefit as defined in section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act; aa a jobseeker's allowance; ab state pension credit; ac an employment and support allowance; ad personal independence payment; ae bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014;

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 Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.

3 In calculating for the purposes of section 5 of the Debtors Act 1869 or section 4 of the 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.