{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-for-widows-and-widowers-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-for-widows-and-widowers-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/108",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefits for Widows and Widowers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-for-widows-and-widowers-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—\n(a) before the definition of “claimant” there shall be inserted—\n““bereavement allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”;\n(b) at the end there shall be added—\n““widowed parent’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.\n(3) In paragraph 3(g) of Schedule 2A (date on which change of circumstances takes effect in certain cases where a claimant is in receipt of income support or a jobseeker’s allowance) after “retirement pension” there shall be inserted “, bereavement allowance, widowed parent’s allowance”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 162; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 2000 No. 215"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 2A was inserted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 2000 No. 215"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/108/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:12:26.166966+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}