Regulation 23 Amendment of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

In regulation 1(3) (interpretation) after the definition of “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” add—

““the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;
“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.”.

(3)

In regulation 2^f2 (persons not excluded from specified benefits under section 115 of the Act)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) after “Contributions and Benefits Act,” insert “income-related employment and support allowance,”;

(b)

in paragraph (4)(a) after “Contributions and Benefits Act,” insert “or income-related employment and support allowance,”; and

(c)

in paragraph (5) after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (urgent cases)” insert “, to employment and support allowance by virtue of regulation 162 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (urgent cases)”.

F1(4)

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(5)

In the heading to Part 1 of the Schedule (persons not excluded from certain benefits) after “income support,” insert “income-related employment and support allowance,”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 23(4) revoked (25.1.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/6), reg. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1 (with reg. 2(2)-(4))

Commencement

I1: Reg. 23 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(b)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2000 No. 71; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2002 No. 323 and S.R. 2003 No. 421
f2: Regulation 2 was amended by paragraph 1(s) of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 323 and regulation 6 of S.R. 2003 No. 421