Paragraph 49 F1
Northern Ireland
F2Where a claimant’s family includes at least one child or young person, £15 of any payment of maintenance, other than child maintenance, whether under a court order or not, which is made or due to be made by the claimant’s former partner, or the claimant’s partner’s former partner.
For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1) where more than one maintenance payment falls to be taken into account in any week, all such payments shall be aggregated and treated as if they were a single payment.
A payment made by the Department in lieu of maintenance shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), be treated as a payment of maintenance made by a person specified in sub-paragraph (1).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 6 paras. 49, 49A substituted for Sch. 6 para. 49 (27.10.2008) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/179), regs. 1(2), 3(10)(c)
- F2
Words in Sch. 6 para. 49(1) substituted (5.9.2016) by The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/310), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(e) (with reg. 5)
Notes on Schedule 6
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/204), regs. 1(1), 19(3)