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The Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/489 · Made 14 October 1996

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 14th October 1996

Coming into operation 8th November 1996

The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and 131(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 7

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of regulation 21(3A) of the Income Support (General) Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th November 1996.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

2Amendment of regulation 21(3A) of the Income Support (General) Regulations

In regulation 21(3A) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f1 (applicable amounts for persons in residential accommodation) the words from “and the Department” to the end shall be omitted.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 14th October 1996.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Assistant Secretary

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend regulation 21(3A) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Income Support Regulations”) so as to provide that a person who is in residential accommodation provided by the Department of Health and Social Services (“the Department”) and who is still in such accommodation when that accommodation becomes a residential care home for the purpose of the Income Support Regulations, will be treated as being in residential accommodation, notwithstanding that the Department may no longer be under a duty to provide or make arrangements for providing accommodation for that person.

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.