(ii) the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995( a ) as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (to remove references to an income-based allowance); 

## Exclusion of payments from benefit recovery schemes 

(e) state pension credit under— 

(i) section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002( b ), or 

(ii) section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002( c ); 

(f) universal credit under— 

(i) Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or 

(ii) Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. 

27. —(1) In regulation 2(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Regulations 1997( d ) (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (p) insert— 

“(q) any payment of victims’ payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020.”. 

(2) In regulation 2(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997( e ) (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (q) insert— 

“(r) any payment of victims’ payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020.”. 

(3) In regulation 7(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008( f ) (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (m) insert— 

“(n) any payment of victims’ payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020.”. 

(4) In regulation 7(2) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008( g ) (exempted trusts and payments), after sub-paragraph (n) insert— 

“(o) any payment of victims’ payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims’ Payments Regulations 2020.”. 

## Invalidity of assignment and bankruptcy 

28. —(1) Subject to regulation 9, any assignment or charge, and any agreement to assign or charge, any payment to which a person is entitled under this Scheme is void. 

(2) On the bankruptcy of any person entitled to payments under these Regulations, no such payment, or entitlement to payments, is to pass to any trustee or person acting on behalf of the creditors. 

