Article 32 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation (2)(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “budgeting loan” insert—

““carer support payment” means carer's assistance given in accordance with the Carer's Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.

(3)

In regulation 3A(6) (notification that claim not required for entitlement to a category a or b retirement pension) in the definition “non-exempt benefit”, after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

carer support payment;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 2010 No. 337 and S.R. 2011 No. 296.