Article 9 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations
The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “the benefits Acts”f2 for “Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015” substitute “Parts 1 and 5 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015”.
In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 72Af3 insert—
“72B.Any bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (bereavement support payment) except any such payment which is disregarded as capital under paragraph 7(1)(ba) or 65 of Schedule 10.”.
In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded)—
in paragraph 7(1)f4 after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pension Act (Northern Ireland) 2015,”; and
after paragraph 64Af5 insert—
“65.Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) (rate of bereavement support payment) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017f6, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.
Annotations
Footnotes
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S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1992 No. 6; S.R. 2001 No. 261; S.R. 2002 No. 295; S.R. 2004 No. 389; S.R. 2008 Nos. 112 and 286; S.I. 2013/3021; S.R. 2015 No. 411 and S.R. 2016 Nos. 228 and 236
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The definition of “the benefits Act” was inserted by regulation 12(2)(a) of S.R. 2008 No. 286 and amended by Article 8(2) of S.R. 2015 No. 411 and regulation 11(2)(b) of S.R. 2016 No. 228
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Paragraph 72A was inserted by regulation 14(7) of S.I. 2013/3021
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Paragraph 7(1) was amended by regulation 10(7) of S.R. 1992 No. 6, regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 261, regulation 2 of S.R. 2002 No. 295, regulation 2(17)(a) of S.R. 2008 No. 112 and regulation 12(15)(a) of S.R. 2008 No. 286 and is amended by regulation 26(10) of S.R. 2016 No. 236
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Paragraph 64A was inserted by regulation 3(3) of S.R. 2004 No. 389
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