Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Regulation 9 (earnings of employed earners) of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph (3)(b), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

After paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

The reference in paragraph (3)(b) to a claimant participating as a service user is to—

(a)

a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i)

a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing, or

(ii)

a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,

in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services;

(b)

a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i)

the Department for Social Development in relation to any of its functions in the field of social security or child support;

(ii)

the Department for Employment and Learning^f2 in relation to any of its functions under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950^f3 (general functions of Ministry as to employment and training for employment), or

(iii)

a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such functions,

in their capacity as a person affected or potentially affected by the exercise of those functions or the carer of such a person, or

(c)

the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraphs (a) or (b).”.

In paragraph (4), omit the definition of “service user group”.