# The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 40: Change in the amount of contributory benefit


After regulation 5 insert—
“Change in the amount of contributory benefit
5A. (1) This regulation applies if there is a change in the amount of contributory benefit (within the meaning of regulation 5) that a person is entitled to.
(2) The amount of welfare supplementary payment the person is entitled to must be recalculated in accordance with the provisions set out in regulation 5.
(3) The effective date of the change in the amount of contributory benefit, for the purposes of calculating the person’s entitlement to welfare supplementary payment, is the date on which the change in the person’s award of contributory benefit takes effect.”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2017/9780338006882/regulation/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-40
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.