OpenLegislation

Paragraph 11 I1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any concessionary payment made to compensate for arrears due to the non-payment of—

(a)

any payment specified in paragraph F18, 10, 11, 62, 67 F2, 68, 70 or 71 of Schedule 8 (other income to be disregarded);

(b)

an income-related allowance, an income-related benefit or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance F3, universal credit , child tax credit or working tax credit;

(c)

any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001,

F4(d)

bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015,

but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the receipt of the arrears or of the concessionary payment.

F5(e)

maternity allowance under section 35 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (state maternity allowance for employed or self-employed earner),

F6(f)

carer support payment, but only that amount that is in excess of the amount the claimant would receive if they had an entitlement to carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

(2)

In a case where the total of any arrears and, if appropriate, any concessionary payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) relating to any one of the specified payments, benefits or allowances, amounts to £5,000 or more (referred to in this sub-paragraph and sub-paragraph (3) as the “relevant sum”) and is—

F7(a)

paid in order to rectify, or to compensate for—

(i)

an official error as defined in regulation 1(2) of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations, or

(ii)

an error on a point of law; and

(b)

received by the claimant in full on or after 14th October 2001,

sub-paragraph (1) is to have effect in relation to such arrears or concessionary payment either for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt, or, if the relevant sum is received in its entirety during the award of an income-related allowance, for the remainder of that award if that is a longer period.

(3)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), “the award of an income-related allowance” means—

(a)

the award either of an income-related allowance, income support F8, universal credit or of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance in which the relevant sum (or first part thereof where it is paid in more than one instalment) is received; and

(b)

where that award is followed by one or more further awards which in each case may be either of an income-related allowance, income support , universal credit or of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and which, or each of which, begins immediately after the end of the previous award, such further awards until the end of the last such award, provided that for any such further awards the claimant—

(i)

is the person who received the relevant sum,

(ii)

is the partner of the person who received the relevant sum, or was that person’s partner at the date of that person’s death, F9...

(iii)

in the case of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance, is a joint-claim couple either member or both members of which received the relevant sum F10; or

F11(iv)

in a case where universal credit is awarded to the claimant and another person as joint claimants, either the claimant or the other person, or both of them, received the relevant sum

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3)(b) “joint-claim couple” and “joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” have the meanings given by Article 2(2) of the Jobseekers Orderf1.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(a) substituted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 35(3)

F2

Words in Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(a) substituted (15.3.2026) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/246), arts. 1(2), 48(5)(a)

F3

Words in Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(b) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 36(10)(a)

F4

Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(d) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/66), arts. 1(2)(c), 25(5)(a) (with arts. 2, 3)

F5

Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(e) added (31.10.2019) by The Social Security (Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/195), regs. 1(1), 7(2)(b)

F6

Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(f) inserted (15.3.2026) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/246), arts. 1(2), 48(5)(b)

F7

Sch. 9 para. 11(2)(a) substituted (11.9.2018) by The Social Security (Treatment of Arrears of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/150), regs. 1(1), 7(2)

F8

Words in Sch. 9 para. 11(3)(a)(b) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 36(10)(b)(i)

F9

Word in Sch. 9 para. 11(3)(b)(ii) omitted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 36(10)(b)(ii)

F10

Word in Sch. 9 para. 11(3)(b)(iii) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 36(10)(b)(iii)

F11

Sch. 9 para. 11(3)(b)(iv) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 36(10)(b)(iv)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 9 para. 11 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

The definitions of “joint-claim couple” and “joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” were inserted by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999