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The Children (Leaving Care) Social Security Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/324 · Made 30 June 2005 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 30th June 2005

Coming into operation 1st September 2005

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(3), (4) and (5) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002f1, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:C1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Rules applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/312), regs. 1, 16(2)(g), Sch. 3

Footnotes

f1

2002 c. 11

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Entitlement to benefits
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Leaving Care) Social Security Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2005.

(2)

In these Regulations “the Act” means the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.

2Entitlement to benefitsI1

(1)

Section 6 of the Act (exclusion from benefits) shall not apply for the purposes of entitlement to income support F1, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance where a person –

(a)

falls within subsection (2) of that section; and

(b)

falls within a category of person prescribed in –

(i)

provided the person is a lone parent, regulation 13(2)(a)f1 (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support) of; F2or

F3(ii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)

paragraph 1, 2f2, 7, 8f3F4..., 11f4......, 24f5 or 25f6 of Schedule 1Bf7 (prescribed categories of person) to,

the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f8 (“the Income Support Regulations”).

(2)

Section 6 of the Act shall not apply to a person who falls within subsection (2) of that section who has not been looked after by an authority for the purposes of Article 34A(2) to (9) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f9 on or after 1st September 2005.

(3)

In paragraph 1(b)(i), “lone parent” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th June 2005.

L.S.

John O'Neill

A senior officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations prescribe the categories of cases where section 6 (exclusion from benefits) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 11) does not apply.

Care leavers aged 16/17 who are fully supported by the responsible authority with maintenance and accommodation are not entitled to income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance. Regulation 2 sets out the exceptions where section 6 (exclusion from benefits) does not apply. These exceptions include care leavers aged 16/17 who are also lone parents or sick or disabled and who will continue to have access to income support and income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.