Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

(1)

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

(2)

In Schedule 8A (deductions from benefits and direct payments to third parties), omit paragraphs 7A (payments in place of payments of child support maintenance) and 7B (arrears of child support maintenance).

(3)

In Schedule 8C (deductions from benefit in respect of child support maintenance and payment to persons with care)—

(a)

In paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “maintenance”, for “paragraph 3” substitute “paragraph 3(1)”.

(b)

In paragraph 3 (arrears)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1)—

(aa)

omit the words from “Except where” to “his partner”;

(bb)

for “£1.20” substitute “£8.40”;

(cc)

omit “, subject to sub-paragraph (2),”;

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)
No deduction may be made under sub-paragraph (1) if the beneficiary is liable to pay maintenance.”;

(iii)

omit sub-paragraph (2).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 465