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The Discretionary Support (Amendment No. 2) (COVID-19) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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Draft 2020, ISBN 9780338012418 · Made 27 March 2020

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

Welfare

Made 27th March 2020

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

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

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.))

f2

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Discretionary Support (Amendment No. 2) (COVID-19) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on the day after they are approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

2Amendment to the Discretionary Support Regulations

In regulation 15 of the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 (calculation of income) for “40 hours” substitute “45 hours”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on the 27th March 2020

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 270) (“the 2016 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 15 of the 2016 Regulations to increase the annual income threshold by increasing the number of hours per working week from 40 hours to 45 hours. This will increase the amount of earnings a person can have while still being eligible for discretionary support. This will provide additional access to support to those whose income is affected by COVID-19.