Regulation 14 Income to be disregardedI1

Northern Ireland

In Schedule 6 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)

in paragraph 14—

(i)

after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(d)

any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a) or in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii),”;

(ii)

for “(b) or (c)” there shall be substituted “(b), (c) or (d)”;

(b)

after paragraph 57^f1 there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“58

Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of that person’s participation in the Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) or in the Environmental Task Force Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iii).

59

Any discretionary payment to meet, or to help to meet, special needs, made to a person pursuant to section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of that person’s participation in the Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii).”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 14 in operation at 5.1.1998, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Paragraphs 56 and 57 were added by regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 1997 No. 22