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Regulation 11 Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(F11)

The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “benefit” there shall be inserted—

  • ““bereavement benefit” means a benefit referred to in section 20(1)(ea) of the Contributions and Benefits Actf2;

  • “bereavement payment” means the sum specified in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (amount of widow’s payment) and referred to in section 36 of that Actf3;”.

(3)

In regulation 8(1)f4 (which specifies payments which can be recovered because they were not made on a prescribed date), after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be added—

“(h)

any bereavement benefit other than a bereavement payment.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 11 revoked for specified purposes (7.4.2003) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/492), regs. 1(1), 43, Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with regs. 1(2), 44)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 11 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1988 No. 142; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 150

f2

The definition of “the Contributions and Benefits Act” was inserted by regulation 21(2)(a) of S.R. 1995 No. 150

f3

Part II of Schedule 4 is substituted by Article 51(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and section 36 is substituted by paragraph (1) of that Article

f4

Regulation 8(1) was amended by regulation 14(4) of S.R. 1992 No. 6