# The Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Income Support Regulations”).
Regulation 2 inserts a new paragraph 14A into Schedule 1B of the Income Support Regulations. This provides that a person on unpaid statutory parental leave in respect of a child in his household, who was entitled to certain benefits on the day before the leave begins, is a prescribed person under section 123(1)(e) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) for the purposes of a claim for income support.
These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/500/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/note
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