{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1987/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Persons in homes for persons in need and nursing homes",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 22 (reductions in applicable amounts) where—\n(a) the claimant lives in a home for persons in need or nursing home; or\n(b) if he is a member of a family—\n(i) he and the members of his family live in such a home, or\n(ii) he and the members of his family normally live in such a home and, where there is a period of temporary absence from the home of any member of the family, provided that the claimant or his partner lives in the home during that absence,\nhis weekly applicable amount shall, except in a case to which regulation 21 (special cases) or Part II of Schedule 4 (persons to whom regulation 19 does not apply) applies, be calculated in accordance with Part I of that Schedule.\n(2) In this regulation and Schedule 4—\n“nursing home” means—\n(a) any premises registered under Part I of the Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971; or\n(b) any premises used for the reception of such persons or the provision of such nursing or services as is mentioned in section 10 of the Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and which are maintained or controlled by any body of persons constituted by special Act of Parliament or incorporated by Royal Charter;\n“home for persons in need” means an establishment which provides residential accommodation with both board and personal care for persons in need of personal care by reason of age and infirmity, past or present mental disorder, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs, mental handicap or physical disability and which is—\n(a) registered under Article 35 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1972 Order;\n(b) run by the Abbeyfield Society including all bodies corporate or incorporate which are affiliated to that Society; or\n(c) managed or provided by a body incorporated by Royal Charter or constituted by special Act of Parliament.\n''temporary absence'' means—\n(a) in the case of a person who is over pensionable age, 52 weeks;\n(b) in any other case, 13 weeks.\n(3) In Schedule 4 the expressions “age and infirmity”, “mental disorder”, “mental handicap”, “drug or alcohol dependence” and ''disablement'' have the same meanings as those expressions have for the purposes of the 1972 Order and regulations made thereunder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 32 (N.I.); Part I was amended by Schedules 16 and 18 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26)), Schedules 7 and 8 to the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36), Articles 3 and 4 of the Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1775 (N.I. 19)) and Part II of Schedule 5 to the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2022/230",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "word added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2022/230",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2022/230",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/93",
      "affecting_title": "The Income-Related Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/132",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Amendment) (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/367",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications) by SR2004/91 (as amended)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2006/190",
      "affecting_title": "The Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/regulation/19",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}