# The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations provide for the amendment and revocation of the lone parent run-on and the back to work bonus provisions. They also provide for the removal of the special two-week rule that applies to lone parents claiming mortgage interest run-on and housing benefit run-on. Lone parents will be entitled to the standard four week run-on provided for other claimants.
Regulation 2 provides for the amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 relating to the lone parent run-on.
Regulation 3 amends the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.
Regulation 4 amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.
Regulation 5 amends the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 in relation to deductions from income support.
Regulation 6 revokes the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 subject to the saving provisions contained in regulation 8.
Regulation 7 provides for consequential amendments where regulations make reference to the back to work bonus.
Regulation 8 provides transitional protection for claimants who have acquired an entitlement to back to work bonus prior to 25th October 2004. The transitional period runs from, and including, 25th October 2004 through to 28th January 2005. This regulation allows those claimants with an existing entitlement to claim their bonus provided that their claim is made prior to 29th January 2005. However no time after 24th October 2004 will count towards the “bonus period” which is used to assess the level of bonus to be paid, and no claimant without an entitlement prior to 24th October 2004 may acquire such an entitlement after that date.
In so far as these Regulations are required, for the purposes of regulations 3 and 7, to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 149(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“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 Work and Pensions 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.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/367/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-and-lone-parent-run-on-amendment-and-revocation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/note
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