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The Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

S.R. 2002/332 · Made 4 November 2002 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 4th November 2002

Coming into operation 25th November 2002

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a), 123(1)(e) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1 and Articles 3(2C) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f2, and now vested in itf3, 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

f2

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 3(2C) was inserted by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

f3

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations Repealed
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 25th November 2002.

(2)

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

2Amendment of the Income Support (General) RegulationsI1

In Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f1 in paragraph 14(b) (pregnancy) after the word “ends” there shall be inserted “where the expected week of confinement begins prior to 6th April 2003 or fifteen weeks after the date on which her pregnancy ends where the expected week of confinement begins on or after 6th April 2003”.

3Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance RegulationsF1

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Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 4th November 2002.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.

Regulation 2 extends entitlement to income support, where a woman is or has been pregnant and has an expected week of confinement beginning on or after 6th April 2003, to a period commencing 11 weeks before her expected week of confinement and ending fifteen weeks after the date on which her pregnancy ends.

Regulation 3 makes similar provision in respect of joint-claim couples under the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.