Regulation 8 Rate of allowance and payment to the National Insurance Fund or the Northern Ireland National Insurance FundI1

Where a person treated as being in prison for the purposes of section 77 of the Act or section 77 of the Northern Ireland Act contributes to the cost of providing for a child F1or qualifying young person, the weekly rate of any guardian’s allowance payable shall be reduced by the amount of the contribution made in the week preceding the week for which any allowance is payable.

In a case where entitlement to guardian’s allowance is established by reference to a person being in prison, that person shall, on notice being given by the Board, pay to the National Insurance Fund or the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund an amount equal to that paid by way of guardian’s allowance.