Regulation 6 Prescribed benefits

For the purpose of an information request made by the relevant authority to a relevant Northern Ireland Department for the disclosure of a relevant individual’s benefit status under section 22(3)(e) of the Act, the following benefits are prescribed benefits—

(a)

the benefits listed in the Schedule;

(b)

child benefit under section 137 of the 1992 (Northern Ireland) Act^f1;

(c)

child tax credit under Part 1 of the 2002 Act^f2;

(d)

working tax credit under Part 1 of the 2002 Act^f3; and

(e)

statutory sick pay under Part 12 of the 1992 (Northern Ireland) Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 137 was amended by section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6).
f2: Sections 8 and 9 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), which provide for child tax credits, are in force for specified purposes only. Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002, which includes these sections, is to be repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) at a date to be appointed.
f3: Sections 10 to 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002, which provide for working tax credits, are in force for specified purposes only. Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002, which includes these sections, is to be repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 at a date to be appointed.