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The Discretionary Support (Amendment) (Fuel as a Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

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Draft Regulations laid before the Assembly under Article 135(5) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, for approval by resolution of the Assembly

Welfare Reform

Made 2026

Coming into operation 2027

The Department for Communitiesf1 in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 135 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015f2 makes the following Regulations.

In accordance with Article 135(5) of that Order, a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)) and S.R. 2016 No. 76

f2

S.I. 2015 No. 2006 (N.I. 1)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Discretionary Support Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Discretionary Support (Amendment) (Fuel as a Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026.

(2)

These Regulations come into operation on XXX 2027.

2Amendment to the Discretionary Support Regulations

In Schedule 2 (Discretionary support grants – excluded items and services) to the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 omit paragraph 19.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on XXX 2026.

A senior officer of the

Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision to allow Discretionary Support in respect of fuel to be paid as a grant. They do so by removing the exclusion from Schedule 2 to the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Awards for fuel were previously excluded from being the subject of a grant of Discretionary Support.

Regulation 2 omits paragraph 19 of Schedule 2. This removes the exclusion and provides that Discretionary Support claims for fuel may be considered as a grant award.

An impact assessment has been produced for this Statutory Rule.