# The Social Security (Amendment) (Personal Allowances for Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.
In particular, these Regulations increase by £2·50 the amount of the weekly personal allowances which is applicable in respect of children before the first Monday in September following their eleventh birthday in income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance and housing benefit (regulation 2).
These Regulations also increase by the same amount, that part of the appropriate maximum amounts of family credit and of disability working allowance which is allowed in respect of children before the first Tuesday in September following their eleventh birthday (regulation 3).
In so far as these Regulations are required, for the purposes of regulation 2(1) and (2)(b) to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 149(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), (“the 1992 Act”), after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee, they have not been so referred by virtue of section 150(1)(b) of that Act. Otherwise they make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the 1992 Act, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/232/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-personal-allowances-for-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/note
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