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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-59",
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  "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/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Date on which a liable relative payment is to be treated as paid",
  "text": "(1) A periodical payment is to be treated as paid—\n(a) in the case of a payment which is due to be made before the first benefit week pursuant to the claim, on the day in the week in which it is due to be paid which corresponds to the first day of the benefit week;\n(b) in any other case, on the first day of the benefit week in which it is due to be paid unless, having regard to the manner in which income support is due to be paid in the particular case, it would be more practicable to treat it as paid on the first day of a subsequent benefit week.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any other payment shall be treated as paid—\n(a) in the case of a payment which is made before the first benefit week pursuant to the claim, on the day in the week in which it is paid which corresponds to the first day of the benefit week;\n(b) in any other case, on the first day of the benefit week in which it is paid unless, having regard to the manner in which income support is due to be paid in the particular case, it would be more practicable to treat it as paid on the first day of a subsequent benefit week.\n(3) Any other payment paid on a date which falls within the period in respect of which a previous payment is taken into account, not being a periodical payment, is to be treated as paid on the first day following the end of that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "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"
    },
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      "type": "word added",
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/406",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Child Maintenance Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "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": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2009/338",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/regulation/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:43.914608+00:00"
  },
  "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."
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